Zuccardi's Malamado is a stunning example of a fortified wine. Capturing the essence of Gualtallary’s wild terroir, this Malbec is vinified using classic fermentation to achieve residual sugar which is then fortified and aged for just over two years in aged French oak. Balanced and harmonious with the chocolate and berry Malbec characteristics integrating beautifully with notes of dried fig and cinnamon. A great alternative to Tawny Port.
Some years before 1950, engineer Alberto ‘Tito’ Zuccardi arrived in Mendoza from Tucumán, the small province in northwest Argentina where his Italian grandparents had settled many years before. He began experimenting with new irrigation systems because, back then as is the...
Located in the Cuyo region, Mendoza is by far the largest and most important wine-growing province in Argentina. Located on a high-altitude plateau at the edge of the Andes Mountains, the province is responsible for roughly 70% of the...
Malbec is a black grape variety that is traditionally used in Bordeaux blends to provide both colour and tannin to the wine. It is also grown in the Loire, South-West France, where it was responsible for the ‘black-wine of Cahors’ and many other Mediterranean wine regions....
