The Province of Mendoza is Argentina’s largest and most important wine region, where more than 80% of the country’s top wines are produced. Situated in the foothills of the Andes, at the Western border of Argentina, Mendoza is at a latitude of between 32 and 37 degrees South. It is as far away from the Equator as Napa and many other world class wine regions in the world. However, unlike Napa, it is very dry and arid, with over 300 sunny days each year and an annual rainfall of around 200mm (8 inches).
Vineyards are irrigated either by pumping the purest water from a deep aquifer, 200m down, or through a system of canals
and aqueducts dating back to the Incan Empire that channel glacial melt from the Andes.
The Andes and the dry and windy weather act as protection barriers, which mean little or no rot and disease in our vineyards. The impressive amount of sunlight is responsible for very ripe grapes, which in turn yields full bodied, fruit driven wines and makes the quality of the harvests very consistent over the years.
The unique combination of; organically poor soils, unique terroir, high altitude vineyard elevations (700-1500m above sea level) and a diversity of grape varieties allows the vigneron to practice a very precise viticulture, closely relating the
grape variety to the terroir to achieve the perfect match.
