Argentina in a bottle, Tacoma on the plate
Sixth Avenue · Tacoma · Argentinian-inspired wood-fired steakhouse and Latin cuisine · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 28, 2026
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The wine list at Asado reads exactly like the room feels — warm, unpretentious, and built around Malbec. It's not trying to impress you with obscure natural pours or a 200-label tome; it's here to help you drink something good with your wood-fired ribeye. That focus is a feature, not a bug.
Mendoza is the star of this show, and honestly it earns the spotlight. Achaval Ferrer, Clos de los Siete, Zuccardi Valle de Uco, and Catena Zapata's Adrianna Vineyard wines all appear — that's a serious lineup for a neighborhood steakhouse in Tacoma. Washington State wines round out the list with a local nod, and there's a nod to Patagonia that keeps things interesting. The gaps are real though: if you're hunting Tempranillo, Albariño, or anything from Chile or Uruguay, you're going home empty-handed.
Expect somewhere in the neighborhood of eight to twelve pours, with Malbec doing the heavy lifting. The by-the-glass program is steady if not adventurous — you'll find what you need to match the food, but don't expect weekly rotations or anything that makes you put the menu down to take notes. Glass prices sit in a range that won't make you wince.
Zuccardi Valle de Uco Malbec — $45
Valle de Uco sits at higher elevation than most Mendoza fruit, which means tighter structure and more complexity for the price. Zuccardi is one of Argentina's most respected estates, and finding it here at a fair restaurant markup makes this the bottle to order without overthinking it.
Clos de los Siete
Michel Rolland's Argentine project gets overlooked because it sits in the shadow of flashier single-vineyard labels, but this Malbec-dominant blend from Mendoza consistently punches above its price point. Most tables walk right past it for the Catena name — their loss.
Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard
Look, the wine itself is legitimately great — Adrianna is one of Argentina's most celebrated single vineyards. But at a neighborhood steakhouse where markup reality bites hardest on prestige labels, you're almost certainly paying a significant premium over retail. Save the Adrianna for a wine bar that stores it properly and pours it right.
Achaval Ferrer Malbec + Wood-fired ribeye
Achaval Ferrer Malbec has the structure to stand up to charred, fatty beef without disappearing into the smoke. The dark fruit and firm tannins cut through the richness of a ribeye the way a wine list footnote rarely explains — it just works, and it's one of the cleaner expressions of Mendoza Malbec on the list.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Asado is a reliable neighborhood wine pick for red meat lovers who want Argentine bottles done with some care and without getting gouged. It's not a wine destination, but it's a solid companion to one of Tacoma's better wood-fired kitchens.
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