![]() The wine region of Mendoza surrounds the town of the same name and is, by far, Argentina's most well-recognized wine region, it is also the largest. Cold winters are expected and beneficial for vine dormancy but spring and autumn frosts can be unpredictable. Unlike neighboring Chile, phylloxera is present in Argentina but it's thought because of the sandy soil and dry winds, the louse is naturally kept under control. Currently increasing numbers of vineyards and reduced water supplies stand to exacerbate the problem. At these high altitudes, night-time temperatures tend to be cool and the air dry with very little room for disease to flourish, as a result, large yields are often produced.Ī relatively new and growing problem is the issue of managing quality as well as quantity, traditional irrigation saw vines receiving the meltwater off the Andes but climate change has had an impact and increasingly less snow falls on the mountains. Much of the vineyards of Argentina are set in high-altitude semi-arid deserts. The vast array of land offers a diverse range of regions and the Andes mountains that run from north to south provides sites at different altitudes all which have the ability to influence winemaking. Mendoza wine regions Barrancas vineyard with Andean backdropĪrgentina is a large country running down the center and eastern side of the South American continent. Each of these estates produces a top expression of Mendoza Malbec. Top Argentinian producers of Malbec include Catena Zapata, who arguably put the Mendoza expression of the grape on the map, Terrazas de los Andes, Trapiche and Achaval Ferrer among others.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |