Our vineyard
Our Vineyard is at Los Chacayes, a wine region in the Uco Valley, Medoza, Argentina. Los Chacayes is between 1000 and 1400 meters above sea level. The East end starts at 1015 MASL and the highest cultivated area is around 1300 MASL. Our Vineyard located is between 1170 and 1220 MASL.
Land
It is the result of the coalescence of a series of alluvial fans from the Cordillera de los Andes.
There are very heterogeneous soils and generally poor. There is a presence of boulder-like stones near the bed of the Tunuyán River and there are also sandy-clayey soils.
There are also large stone blocks which, in some cases, are larger than one meter in diameter, with the presence of calcium carbonate up to three millimetres thick. The stones present in the area are smaller than those found in other areas of equal altitude. Two types of materials predominate: the stones derived from violet and purple porphyry blocks (a strip of hills of this material is found in the area of the Historical Manzano) and the typical granite stones of this area of the Frontal Mountain Range.
Altitude, weather and rain
The area does not suffer a great inclement weather. There is almost no hail nor frosts, although there is intense cold and a high thermal amplitude. The maximum temperatures during the summer months easily exceed 30ºC and go down to 5ºC during the night. It has a very similar weather to that of Vista Flores, although not as cool as other areas of higher altitude than 1250 MASL, such as Los Arboles or Gualtallary.
With low cloudiness and extremely strong evaporation, rainfall reaches an annual average of 320mm.
Geographical indication
The I.N.V. made a very detailed report called “Protection and Management of Origin” where it establishes the following definition:
A G.I. is the name that identifies a product originating in a region, locality or geographical area of production delimited from the national territory, no greater than the provincial area or interprovincial area already recognized. It is only justified when certain quality or other characteristics of the product are mainly attributable to its geographical origin.
Law No. 25.163 on Denomination of Origin establishes a system for the recognition, protection and registration of Argentine geographical names to designate the origin of wines and spirits of a wine nature.
Resolution 249-E/2017 of the National Institute of Viticulture resolved on October 5, 2017 “the recognition, protection and registration of the Los Chacayes area as a Geographical Indication of the Argentine Republic, located in the province of Mendoza, in agreement with the political limits of the district of the same name, belonging to the Department of Tunuyán.”
