Discover the wineries and producers in Mendoza, Salta, Patagonia and beyond.
The guide to the best wineries in Argentina, including all the top wineries to visit in Mendoza, Salta, Rio Negro, Chubut, Patagonia and Buenos Aires.
Discover the wineries and producers in Mendoza, Salta, Patagonia and beyond.
The guide to the best wineries in Argentina, including all the top wineries to visit in Mendoza, Salta, Rio Negro, Chubut, Patagonia and Buenos Aires.
Lis Clements and her father Carlos make Finca Feliz, a joyful collection of low-intervention, natural wines in Eastern Mendoza. Coming from typical varieties from the region, including Bonarda, Criolla and Pedro Gimenez (as an orange wine!).
The wines of Finca Feliz are focused on celebrating the easy nature of Eastern Mendoza, and making juicy, fresh wines that are perfect for summertime. Each vintage Lis and Carlos also release a special selected vat of wine ‘pileta del año’, which has so far included Ancellotta with Criolla and Criolla with Malbec.
Read more about Eastern Mendoza and the new generation of winemakers there in the South America Wine Guide book.
Fecovita winery in Mendoza is one of the largest producers in the world, made up of over 5000 vineyard growers (with 25,000 hectares of vineyards between them!). The group actually has several wineries around Argentina, and comprises 29 co-operatives. Within the stable of brands are the popular labels of Bodega Los Helechos in the Uco Valley, Estancia Mendoza, Texto Subito and – one of Argentina’s longest running brands – Toro.
Bemberg Estate Wines is the luxury winery and portfolio of the Bemberg family in Argentina, focused on single terroir wines from around their best estates in Argentina. The winery is in Gualtallary in the Uco Valley.
When the Bemberg family bought the Peñaflor group of wineries in 2011, winemaker Daniel Pi began making a few wines especially for the family. From their 3,500 hectares of vineyards around the country, Pi would select the very best plots to make a handful of vinous gems. It is still this concept that is at the heart of this fine wine endeavour — showcasing their most distinctive vineyards and terroir expressions.
The stunning boutique winery is set within their estate in Gualtallary, but a taste through Bemberg is a terroir tour of Argentina: four Malbecs from Gualtallary, La Consulta, Pedernal and Chañar Punco; Cabernet Sauvignon from Cafayate; and a Chardonnay and a very classy Bordeaux-blend from Gualtallary. These Bemberg wines are the crème de la crème of one of Argentina’s leading wine families.
Cheval des Andes is the result of a collaboration between two iconic wineries in France and in Argentina: Château Cheval Blanc in Saint Emilion and Terrazas de los Andes in Mendoza.
In 1998, Pierre Lurton, general manager at Cheval Blanc, was asked to find the best site for the winery. He studied the different terroirs of Las Compuertas with Roberta de la Mota and decided to combine Cheval Blanc’s experience with Malbec’s most pure expression. Cheval des Andes has inherited Château Cheval Blanc’s attention to detail, skills and techniques as well as the passion and commitment that has passed from generation to generation.
Under the hand of local winemaker Gerald Gabillet and the technical team at Cheval Blanc, Cheval des Andes makes just one wine from the very best plots of their old-vine Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Each harvest at Cheval des Andes tells its own story and is a pure expression of the climate and the vineyard conditions.
Cheval owns two vineyards, one in Las Compuertas in Luján planted in 1929, and another in La Consulta in the Uco Valley planted in 1945. The result is an age-worthy and sophisticated red blend which evolves beautifully in the cellar, showing the fine wine potential of Malbec blends. The first official vintage was in 2001 and if you ever have the chance to do a vertical tasting, the wines aptly show Cheval’s increasingly more delicate approach in the winemaking and refined vineyard focus. A deserving icon of Mendoza.