Uco Valley - Bodega Foster Lorca

It is said that the moment Enrique Foster first tasted an Argentinian Malbec, he hopped on a plane to Mendoza with the intention of producing the best Malbec Argentina could offer with the purest expression of the grape possible. Foster bought an old vineyard in Luján de Cuyo and paired up with Mauricio Lorca, one of the stars of Argentine winemaking, to help him on his mission.

The rapid expansion of the city of Mendoza meant that the original vineyards in Luján de Cuyo, with their 100+ year old vines, became more valuable as land for housing, putting Enrique and Mauricio under immense pressure to sell, but once Mauricio spotted their new vineyards in the Uco Valley at a higher elevation (1,050 – 1,250 metres) he was convinced that, combined with their new state of the art Perdriel winery, the wines could equal or even surpass the Luján de Cuyo vineyards. Everything is made in small capacity stainless steel tanks for plot by plot vinification with gravity flow throughout, something Enrique had pioneered at the original Foster winery way before anyone else in Argentina was doing it.

With us almost from the start of our Private Cellar journey (our first purchase was February 2006) these are some of our best-selling and most loved wines.

Find their website here: http://www.grupofosterlorca.com/home.html

Click here for current availability or call us on 01353 721 999. For marketing queries, please contact Laura Taylor at laura@privatecellar.co.uk