Staff Selections • Bill McCleary
Seasonal Pick 2025
Lamadrid Winery Reserve Malbec
(Mendoza, Argentina)
Surdyk's Price
Malbec from Argentina has been a top red wine on everybody’s popularity list for the last 20 years. We all like the firm texture and Cabernet-like dark red berry flavors and the dry palate of Syrah-like spiciness. It never seems too tannic or too acidic and has a charming, good red wine taste. Also, it is priced right for an import to the USA. Lamadrid Winery is new at Surdyk’s and offers their reserve wine to you for a real treat. Guillermo Garcia Lamadrid, founder and winegrower, pays tribute to his mother for leading him in all the right ways to his wine-making perfection in wines from Argentina. The grapes are 100% Malbec from the Agrelo region in Mendoza and only come from a single vineyard. They sustainably farm with organic drip irrigation on clay and sandy loam soil. Harvest at Lamadrid is done by hand for quality fruit selection. Twelve months of aging in French oak barrels adds interesting cedar and smoke spice notes. The wine is not clarified, filtered, or cold-stabilized. A true sense of place pours out of your glass at first taste, and a bit of extended bottle age adds another layer of complexity. Try this Malbec Reserve on sale now during Surdyk’s Spring Sale.
Dane's Cheese Shop Pairing:
Fourme D'Ambert, Terre Des Volcans by Herve Mons (Auvergne, France) Cow Milk
$24.99/lb