Malmado Malbec
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, dark chocolate desserts, dried fruits and nuts
✨ Technical Specifications
Malamado (often referred to as Malmado) represents a pioneering chapter in Argentine viticulture as the country's first fortified Malbec, created by Familia Zuccardi. The name itself is a clever portmanteau of 'Malbec a la manera de Oporto'—Malbec in the style of Port. This innovative dessert wine is crafted from late-harvested Malbec grapes grown in Mendoza. During fermentation, high-proof wine spirit is added to halt the yeast activity, preserving the natural grape sugars while elevating the alcohol level. The wine is then aged in French oak barrels for approximately two years. This process yields a rich, complex elixir boasting deep notes of ripe plums, dried figs, quince, and sweet spices, showcasing a completely different, decadent dimension of Argentina's signature grape.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1963 by Alberto Zuccardi in Mendoza, Argentina, Familia Zuccardi has evolved into one of the country's most visionary and prestigious family-owned wine dynasties. Under the leadership of José Alberto Zuccardi and third-generation winemaker Sebastián Zuccardi, the estate has shifted its focus towards high-altitude viticulture in the Uco Valley, pioneering deep geological research and unadorned concrete-vessel fermentations to express genuine site specificity. Operating state-of-the-art facilities like the acclaimed Piedra Infinita winery in Paraje Altamira, Zuccardi produces benchmark, mineral-driven Malbecs such as Finca Piedra Infinita alongside benchmark expressions of Bonarda and Cabernet Sauvignon across red, white, sparkling, and fortified categories.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Malbec
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
18.5%