Red
Malbec
Also called Malbech.
Grown in small quantities in the northeast, around Lison-Pramaggiore and the Friuli plain, and in Puglia at Barletta. It gives dark colour, plummy fruit and soft tannin, and it is a minority component in blends rather than a wine in its own right.
Worth knowing
It is often written Malbech on Italian labels and in the older appellation rules, which is the local spelling rather than a different vine. Italy grows a rounding error of it next to Argentina.
Where it is allowed3 appellations