Lagarde or Bodega Lagarde is a family-owned
winery
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, ...
located in the
Luján de Cuyo Department located in the west of the
Mendoza Province
Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic o ...
,
Argentina
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and was founded in 1897. Lagarde consists of five
Mendoza vineyards and is currently owned and managed by the Pescarmona family. The winery is currently run by the third generation Pescarmonas: Sofia Pescarmona and Lucila Pescarmona, with Juan Roby Stordeur as the winemaker since 2002.
History
Artillery Capitan Don Jose Angel Pereira founded Lagarde in 1897 after a military campaign in the Mendoza region. He planted both Malbec and Cabernet Franc varietals. Some of his original vines still produce grapes for the Lagarde Malbec. When the great grandchild of Jose Angel had no heirs to take control of Lagarde, he decided to pass on the vineyard to his close friend, Luis Menotti Pescarmona in 1969. Under Pescarmona ownership, the winery has acquired 4 additional vineyards and introduce multiple new varietals.
Pescarmona Sisters
Sofia and Lucila Pescarmona are considered to be part of the new generation of women in the winemaking world in Argentina, together with Susana Balbo and
Laura Catena
Laura Catena (born 1967) is a fourth generation Argentines, Argentine Argentina wine, vintner, physician and author.
Biography
Laura Catena was born in Mendoza, Argentina in 1967. She graduated ''magna cum laude'' in Biology from Harvard Univers ...
, among others. Both sister's obtained their
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
at
IAE Business School in 1991 and 2011 respectively. They are considered to be part of a new generation of thriving young women managing Argentine wineries to a new frontier.
Sofia has managed the vineyard since 2001 and has helped the transformation of the old Lagarde into a new a modern facility. Lucila currently overseas the exports of the winery and sits on the board o
Wines of Argentina
Winery
The winery is located in the original wine-making region of Mendoza,
Luján de Cuyo
Luján de Cuyo is the district capital of the Luján de Cuyo Department located in the west of the Mendoza Province of Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Mendoza metropolitan area.
Wine
It was the first delineated appellation
An appella ...
and has kept its original physical structures to house the winery. For example the restaurant is set in a 19th-century manor house.
Vineyards
Lagarde has five different vineyards located in different areas of Mendoza like
Lujan de Cuyo, Perdriel, Gualtallary, Agrelo and
Uco Valley.
Wines
Altas Cumbres
Altas Cumbres is the line of young and expressive wines. The collection comprises
* Malbec
* Cabernet Sauvignon
* Viognier
* Torrontes
Lagarde
Lagarde or Henry Lagarde in the US, is the core brand of the winery, usually referred to as the Reserve Line. The wines are 100% varietal wines.
* Malbec
* Cabernet Sauvignon
* Merlot
* Syrah
* Viognier
* Chardonnay
Guarda
Guarda is the collection of single vineyard wines.
* Cabernet Franc
* DOC Malbec
* Blend
Primeras Viñas
Malbec produced from the two centennial vineyards of Lagarde. One planted in 1906 and the other in 1937.
Awards
* Lagarde Malbec 2012, 90pts, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, February 2015
* Lagarde Primeras Vinas Malbec 2010, 92pts, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, May 2013
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* Lagarde Guarda Cabernet Franc 2011, 91pts, Robert Parker Jr.’s "The Wine Advocate", December 2011
References
External links
www.lagarde.com.ar*http://en.argentina-excepcion.com/travel-guide/wineries-bodegas-argentina-mendoza.html
*https://books.google.com/books?id=Vy9te0HWTYwC&dq=Jose+Angel+Pereira+lagarde&pg=PA141
*http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/586728/argentina-winemakers-facing-difficult-2014-vintage
*http://www.barwellandjones.com/Lagarde
*https://web.archive.org/web/20150416072517/http://www.departures-international.com/home/gourmet/wine-and-spirits/tasting-malbec-s-heartland/bodega-lagarde.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20150516013351/http://zesterdaily.com/drinking/6-argentine-winemakers-elevate-malbec-red-wine/
*https://www.vogue.com/article/meet-the-women-changing-argentinas-wine-industry
Wineries of Argentina
Argentine brands
Mendoza winery