Lamadrid Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Nicole Lewis rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

Label whores take note! This is a wine with a beautiful red label with a tasteful, small raised crest that has the words "Family Icon" above it. I confess that I'd like to remove the crest and apply to my body somewhere...Sorry, I digress...

This is a well-made Argentinian Cabernet Sauvignon from Agrelo, Mendoza province, a small wine region better known for its big, complex Malbec wines. The Maza family has been producing wine since 1959. In 2008 Héctor Durigutti, winemaker and Guillermo García Lamadrid updated the winery with injection of capital and love.

This single vineyard Reserva is a full-bodied red, with medium acidity, grippy and pleasing tannins. It is fruit forward: ripe cherry, a bit of black berry, dried tobacco and leather aromas. I just had a glass of this wine with my smoky veggie bacon and tomato sandwich. It was perfect. You would be hard pressed to find such a quality to price point ratio. It would also pair well with medium-rare venison steaks.

Ghislain Lalonde rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

FBS, WC4.5
****1/2 drink or cellar
Lamadrid ‘Single Vineyard Reserva’ Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Agrelo, Mendoza $19.95 (223206) 14.0% alcohol
Sustainably farmed 100% Cabernet Sauvignon fruit was hand harvested, wild-yeast fermented and macerated 20 days with four daily pump overs. It saw minimal oak and was not stabilized, filtered or fined. Aromas of dark berry fruit, fennel and roasted herbs give way to a medium-plus bodied swath of rich luscious fruit coating the palate with gusto—black currant and red cherry adorned with peppery spice, cassis and excellent acidity. It finishes with replays and oozing balance and charm. (Vic Harradine)