Weekend Wine Notes: A Roster of Reds from Argentina and Chile, Focus on Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec

It's shaking out like this way South of the Border: Malbec and cabernet sauvignon in Argentina; cabernet sauvignon in Chile, where

carmenere, once touted as the coming thing, makes a nice wine but nothing approaching greatness. The red wines from these countries, with a few exceptions, tend toward fullness and power rather than elegance and finesse, but …