Vineyards

LAS COMPUERTAS

This place is located in the highest section of Lujan de Cuyo at Mendoza’s piedmont. To the south of this area you have Rio Mendoza, to the east there lies Vistalba and to the north you have Chacras de Coria. This little area is between 1000 to 1100 masl where we manage 20 hectares of vineyards that were planted at the beginning of the XX Century (between 1927 and 1930). The height of this land results in cold nights and a huge thermal amplitude ideal to keep the natural acidity and freshness of the grapes. The soils are from alluvial origin consisting mostly of sand, clayed sand, one to two meters high supported by an underground of gravel and rolling stone that sometimes appear on the surface that we still irrigate by flood. Malbec variety adapts itself to these soils of good permeability where its roots scratch the rolling stones and reach a high depth. Our old vineyards regulate their yielding naturally, resulting in highly concentrated wines. The knowledge and passion for labour in the vines have been passed from generation to generation. It is in this traditional place where our winery is located and where we make our Republica del Malbec.

VISTALBA

In Vistalba we have rented an old Bonarda vineyard that is 100 years old. This variety is not a common one in high lands. It is planted with the trailing system of VSP on clayey soils with rocky subsoil and a good permeability. With a low yielding due to their age, this vineyard gives us a fresh and concentrated wine.

GUALTALLARY

It’s one of the highest areas in Uco Valley, that is why it has one of the coldest climate in our region, a place where it hardly ever rains. Its height is 1400 to 1500 masl and for its latitude it results in an extreme combination of temperature, solar light and humidity ideal for wines with a great aromatic intensity, vibrant and tense. We are managing 20 hectares of vineyard located in different sites of this little terroir and it gives us a great diversity of exposures and soils: alluvial, meager, extremely rocky, and with a lot of calcium carbonate and sand.

LA CARRERA

In this unique valley, located by the riverbanks of the Chupasangral River and its alluvial cone, we have grown Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir vines. Soils with a lot of organic material and layers of gravel form a unique combination that generate a limiting natural factor for the growing of these plants. Its location, 1600 meters above sea level turns this area into the coldest of Uco Valley. Our grapes mature very slowly giving our white wines a natural balance of acidity-ph-sugar very unusual for continental Mendoza.

LOS CHACAYES