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ARGENTINA - MOST PLANTED
- overall
- for white
- for red
- for pinks

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1) Malbec
2) Cereza
3) Bonarda
4) Cab Sauv
5) Criolla Grande

RED: Malbec, Bonarda, Cab, Syrah, Tempranillo
PINK: Cereza, Criolla Grande, Criolla Chica, Criolla Mediana
WHITE: Pedro Gimenez, Torrontes Riojano, Chard, Moscatel de Alejandria, SB

59% Red // 23% Pink // 18% White
197,965 ha
2024 stats

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ARGENTINA - GRAPES
- what is Cereza?
- Listan Prieto is known as?
- synonyms for Bonarda?

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CEREZA: Criolla Chica x Moscatel de Alejandria
#2 most planted

CRIOLLA CHICA aka Canary Island’s Listan Prieto

BONARDA is Napa’s Charbono, Douce Noire / Corbeau in Savoie
#3 most planted

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2023 Argentina harvest

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Smallest Argentinian harvest since 1960, down 23% from the year before
* devastating late spring frost
* hottest summer in a century
* irrigation water shortage

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Argentina vine training + irrigation

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  1. Modern: VSP with drip irrigation
  2. Old: parral (pergola) with flood irrigation

52% trained on pergola systems, especially Criolla grapes;
47% is VSP-trained (espaldera); 1%
is a mishmash of other training methods.

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Main viticultural threats in Argentina (4)

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  • Esca
  • frost, hail, Zonda
  • nematodes
  • mostly… lack of irrigation water
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3 Argentina GI’s created on basis of geography, climate, etc

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  • Paraje Altamira GI (alluvial cone of Rio Tunuyan)
  • Pampa El Cepillo GI (basically the plains below Paraje Altamira)
  • Cordon El Cepillo GI (22; the ridge of the foothills)
  • San Pablo GI (climate - cool, humid & 20in/rain; proximity to Portillo Ridge)
    Pampa El Cepillo GI
    [Tapiz, Salentein, Zuccardi]
  • Los Chacayes GI: ‘17, geographical, not political (need to verify this)
    [Lurton Bros]
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Quebrada de Humahuaca GI

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Jujuy (northernmost GI)
* Argentina’s highest vineyards.. up to 3329
* 42ha.. isn’t that important

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Finca Altura Maxima

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Colomé’s star vineyard in Molinos in the Salta. It sits at 3111M
Labels under the Valles Calchaquies GI

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Diurnal Shift
- main factors

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  1. Clouds: blanket effect. Block sunlight to moderate daytime temps, traps heat to moderate nighttime temps
  2. Humidity: water vapor in air absorbs heat. Humid places trapped warmth moderates day/nighttime temps
  3. Elevation: thinner air is less efficient at holding heat. Cools quickly at night
  4. Proximity to water: water heats/cools more slowly than land. smaller shifts
  5. Vegetation: plants/trees release moisture and impede rapid heat loss from ground at night
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Frost factors

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Cool climates: highest risk in spring with tender buds, young shoots

High diurnal shift areas: clear calm nights let heat radiate quickly from ground

Areas near water: water moderates day temps but doesn’t release enough heat at night to counterbalance rapid radiation cooling that leads to frost

Valley floors: cold air is denser; settles

Clear skies, lack of wind

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UV ray + elevation relationship
- Methods to protect grapes

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UV rays increase 4% per 100M. Grapes need more “sunscreen”
* N-S orientation to minimize sun
* train shoots vertically
* create a more diffused canopy with trellising system
* shade cloth
* Kaolin clay

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Kaolin clay

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natural mineral sunscreen for grape bunches

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Salta’s subregions - most planted to least

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  1. Cafayete - 2683ha
  2. San Carlos - 657m
  3. Molinos - 130ha
    * gravel, sand, volcanic soils
    * Altura Maxima Malbec / Colomé @ 3111M
  4. Cachi - 91ha

[N-S: Cachi, Molinos, San Carlos, Cafayete]

Rio Salado

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Cafayete - latitude, elevation, climate, grapes

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26ºS; 1700 - 2000M
* Arid continental / 7.3in rain
* largest/southernmost Salta subregion
* poor rocky soils with high sand
* lots of old vines.. 1/3rd of vineyard is 100+

Torrontes #1, Malbec, Cab Sauv

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Valles Calchaquíes
- provinces/dept GIs

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4200ha total
PROVINCES:
* Salta (Cafayete, Molinos, San Carlos, Cachi)
* Tucuman (Amaicha del Valle, Colalao del Valle)
* Catamarca (Santa Maria)

Oldest productive vines in Arg - Etcher’s 1862 Torrontes vyd

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GI subregions of Catamarca (5)

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Tinogasta
most planted GI subregion of Catamarca Valleys; holds 1480 of 1721ha
* 1100 - 2050
* Fiambala Mountain Range, Abaucan River
* Cereza, Torrontes, Syrah

Poman
Belen
Santa Maria
Catamarca (dept GI within region GI)

[hot, semi-arid. 7in rain/yr. Abaucan River, Andes Mountain]

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Cuyo subregions - meaning of name?

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  1. Mendoza (149k ha)
  2. San Juan (31,960 ha)
  3. La Rioja (6539ha)
    (San Luis - 107ha, if we count it)
  4. San Luis (est 2019)

[N-S: La Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza, San Luis (east)]

95% of Argentina’s vineyard area
Cuyo = “land of sand” in native Huarpe

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Argentina word for irrigation channel

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Acequias

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LA RIOJA ARGENTINA
- most planted grapes
- 3 most important sub-GIs

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1 Torrontes Riojano

#2 Malbec
#3 Cab Sauv

Chilecito (5219ha)
Felipe Varela (532ha)
Famantina (359ha)
*90% of production

[NE of Mendoza - recognized for cool climate whites]

Famatina + Sierra de Velasco Ranges
* Chilecito lies in between them w 5219 of 6539ha
* 770 - 1850M; Deep sandy alluvial soils (rockier at altitude, fertile in lower valleys

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Zonda
- type
- benefits
- timing
- regions w heaviest impact

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Foehn wind: comes from polar maritime air; warms over the crest of its descent
* hot and dry in lower lands but catalyst of snow precipitation in higher elevations (critical for irrigation)
* May to Nov; typically 12pm to 6pm

Most heavily impacts La Rioja, San Juan, N Mendoza

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San Juan
- where
- climate threats
- sub-GI’s (5)

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Cuyo; 31.5ºS. #2 region for production
17% of Argentine vineyard area
* hail; Zonda is particularly fierce here
* potassium = high pH/alkaline soils. Sandy-loam with patches of limestone.
* Malbec, Syrah, Torrontes

Basically everything here is an IG: Valle de Tullum, Calingasta, Sarmiento, Pedernal, Zonda

Tulum (largest)

Ullum (table grapes)

Zonda (testament to the wind in San Juan)

Pedernal (grand cru)
“flint”
* 1150 - 1500M
* Limestone rich soils + cooler temps (Gualtallary-ish)

Nothing in 1992, 800ha now. Grape prices 2x other regions in San Juan.
Calingasta (old vine Criolla, Bonarda)

Bodegas Callia, Finca las Moras, Graffigna, Pyros

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Maipú
- District GI (4)

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Mendoza; 11,120ha
Lunlunta GI
Las Barrancas GI
El Paraiso GI
Russell GI

Flatter, softer, siltier soil, generally warmer bc lower altitude - an easy and productive region to cultivate
* key to the foundation of the industry but vineyards now on decline

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Lunlunta GI

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Maipú, Mendoza
Mendoza River
“rolling stone” in native
* 880 - 930M

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Las Barrancas GI

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Maipú, Mendoza
Mendoza River
* 680 - 840M; warm, low altitude

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Agrelo
Lujan de Cuyo * 930 - 1100M * sandy clay loam soils (rockier in Alto Agrelo) * Malbec is over 1/2 plantings South of Mendoza River, not directly on it tho
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Lujan de Cuyo districts
Ugarteche Perdriel Carodilla, Chacras de Coria, El Carrizal, Mayor Drummond GIs: Agrelo, las Compuertas, Vistalba
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Viticultural hazards in Lujan de Cuyo?
- water availability - destructive Zonda winds - spring frost - hailstorms
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Argentina's 1st DOC
Lujan de Cuyo, approved in 1989 * political boundary GI's were created from the start; additional GI's and DOCs are at grower/region expense
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Los Cerrillos Hills
Boundary between.... Lujan de Cuyo (Ugarteche) Uco Valley
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Uco Valley - climate - diurnal range - rainfall
Arid continental - ~30º diurnal shift in the summer - 7 - 11in
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Lujan de Cuyo GI district GIs (3)
Agrelo IG Las Compuertas IG Vistalba IG
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Argentina's DOC
San Rafael Lujan de Cuyo
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Requirements for wines applying the Lujan de Cuyo DOC?
- must come from authorized vineyards - vines 10+ years old - min. 5000 vines/ha - wines age at least 2 years before sale including 1 in barrel
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Lujan de Cuyo DOC aging requirement
1 year in barrel, 2 years total before sale
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3 founding wineries of Lujan de Cuyo DOC
Chandon Lagarde Nieto Sentenir Luigi Bosca Norton Otero Ramos (Mendel, Brescia, Caesarean, Vistalba, Trivento joined later)
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Perdriel
*not a GI Lujan de Cuyo; 910 - 980M Mendoza River * alluvial soils w river gravels, clay, sandy silt * south side of Mendoza River = cooler than the other subs
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Las Compuertas GI
Lujan de Cuyo; 950 - 1080M Mendoza River * "floodgates" - closest to the mountains, closest to the acequias * housing pressure = expensive land
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Chandon in Argentina
Lujan de Cuyo, 1959 * planted 1st vines in Gualtallary, 1992
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Achaval Ferrer
Lujan de Cuyo (based); Stoli group Top wines: 1. **Finca Altamira** (La Consulta GI/Paraje Altamira) * 1999 vintage kicked off this GI's ascension 2. **Finca Bella Vista**(Lujan de Cuyo) 3. **Finca Mirador** (Mendoza)
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Catena Zapata - winery location, top vineyards/wines
Lujan du Cuyo-based; significant sourcing from Uco Valley * Adrianna Vineyard (Alto Gualtallary): Whites Bones, Whites Stones, Fortuna Terrae Malbec
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Cheval des Andes
Lujan de Cuyo (based) + Paraje Altamira * Cheval Blanc x Terrazas de los Andes * 1 wine - Malbec, Cab Sauv, Petit Verdot from Las Compuertas (Lujan) & La Consulta (Uco)
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Susana Balbo Wines
Dominio del Plato "Queen of Torrontes" Lujan de Cuyo, est 2000
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Terrazas de los Andes - ownership - based in?
Chandon Argentina LVMH, est 1996 Based in Perdriel, Lujan de Cuyo Varietal wines only.
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Viña Cobos
Perdriel, Lujan de Cuyo Paul Hobbs,1st Cobos vintage 1999
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Uco Valley departments + district GIs
1. San Carlos GI (661ha) [Paraje Altamira, Pampa El Cepillo, Cordon El Cepillo, La Consulta] 2. Tupungato GI (639ha) [El Peral] 3. Tunuyan GI (485ha) [Los Chacayes, Vista Flores, San Pablo]
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Uco Valley viticultural hazards
- Frost - Hail - Zonda Quite exposed - these things have easier access
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Gualtallary - location - river - elevation - soils
Tupungato, Uco Valley; no GI, trademark dispute * 1080 - 1600M * River Tunas crosses the south SOILS: - Alto: limestone - Central/Lower: sandier as elevation decreases Varies enormously in soils/micoclimates but... SPECIAL BC: cool climate + limestone in the upper reaches
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Important Gualtallary wines
- Catena Zapata: White Bones, White Stones, Fortuna Terrae (Adrianna Vineyard) - Ben Marco Expresivo - Gran Enemigo Gualtallary
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Monasterio - terrain/elevation - soils - wines
Alto Gualtallary - TERRAIN: ~1300 - 1500M * CLIMATE: arid continental like the rest of Mendoza. Cool.. Winkler 1,2 vs 3 lower down * SOILS: "Indian Cement" - sands, clay, gravel, chalk - calcium carbonate; up to 40% active limestone (unique for Argentina) WINES - Catena's Adrianna Vineyard (Whites Bones, Stones Fortuna Terrae) - Zuccardi Aluvional Gualtallary/ Poligonos Gualtallary
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Indian Cement
soil type key to Gualtallary's Monasterio area Sand, clay, gravels, chalk High proportion of active limestone
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Uco Valley rivers
* Tupungato on north bank Tunas River *Tunuyan sits between the two* Tunuyan River *San Carlos on south bank
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Mendoza most planted grapes
#1 Malbec: 35,300 ha (Lujan de Cuyo has the most) #2 Bonarda: 15,680 ha #3 Cabernet Sauvignon: 11,455 ha #4 Syrah: 8.684 ha #5 Pedro Giménez: 8,219 ha **(most planted white)** #6 Tempranillo: 5,718 ha
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Tunuyan department GIs
- Los Chacayes GI - San Pablo GI - Vista Flores GI
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San Carlos GI (4)
- Paraje Altamira - Pampa El Cepillo GI - La Consulta GI - Cordon el Cepillo GI (‘22)
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Rivadavia IG, Junín IG, San Martín IG, Santa Rosa IG, La Paz IG - where are they?
Eastern Mendoza
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Mendoza general climate
Arid continental avg 8.8in/year for city of Mendoza 2872 sunshine hours/year
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Important rivers in the Mendoza GI?
Diamente, Atuel River run through the south Tunas and Tunuyan Rivers Mendoza River
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river between San Pablo GI & Gualtallary?
Rio Tunas
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Paraje Altamira GI
"Grand Cru" of San Carlos, Uco Valley; 2800ha planted at 900-1200M. Argentina's 1st terroir based GI. * south bank of Rio Tunuyan * SPECIAL BC: Limestone soils + cool climate Western sector = highest concentration of limestone, higher elevations. East has smaller pebbles, more sand, flatter topography
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Argentina's 1st terroir-based GI? Basis of the boundaries?
Paraje Altamira GI (2013) Boundaries based on an alluvial cone of the River Tunuyan
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Piedra Infinita
Zuccardi; "Infinite stones" Paraje Altamira GI (San Carlos, Uco Valley)
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Mendoza River Departments (3) + District GIs (5)
DEPTS: Lujan de Cuyo, Maipu, E Mendoza North Bank: - Los Compuertas, Vistalba, Lunlunta (Lujan de Cuyo) - El Paraiso (Maipu) South Bank: - Las Barrancas (Maipu) (E Mendoza = Junin, San Martin depts) (Non-GI but important.. Perdriel)
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District GI along the Tunuyan River
Tunuyan/San Carlos: Vista Flores GI La Consulta GI Paraje Altamira GI (Rivadavia/Santa Rosa dept GIs in E Mendoza)
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What are the pros and cons of flood irrigation? How frequently is this generally done?
Pros: Flood irrigation emulates a true rainy season by saturating the ground, frequency can be increased or decreased to produce a specific crop level. Cons: A large portion (5-25%) of irrigation water can be lost to evaporation, huge amounts of water are needed, maintaining the channels can be labor intensive and expensive
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Clos de los Siete
Uco Valley Winemaker: Michel Rolland Cuvelier los Andes Bodega Rolland Bodega DiamAndes Monteviejo *all Bordeaux families
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Malbec's parents
Prunelard vs. Madeleine Noir des Charentes
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Cool, wet Argentinian vintages since 2015
2015 :cool and wet **2016: VERY cool, very very wet** 2021 - not great - cool year 2022 - bad for yields, cool and ok quality
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Best Argentina vintages since 2015
2017 - 2019: very good to excellent 2018: highest yields 2019 was cool, very balanced. 2020 was very good
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What are the 2 appellations of South Mendoza?
General Alvear GI San Rafael DOC
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Paraje Altamira wines
- Zuccardi's Piedra Infinita Supercal - Altos Las Hormigas Appellation Paraje Altamira - Susana Balbo Signature Barrel Fermented Torrontes
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Pampa El Cepillo GI
San Carlos GI, Uco Valley avg ~1000M * terroir based GI - based on part of the alluvial cone of the River Tunuyan * cool cool climate
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La Consulta
San Carlos, Uco Valley * part of Paraje Altamira lies within * clay rocks sand with some limestone patches
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San Rafael/General Alvear - rivers/irrigation sources - producers - climate
South Mendoza * Rio Diamente, Rio Atuel (longest river in Mendoza) * DOC defined by microclimate. Milder temps, less winds & frost risk San Rafael = DOC; Bianchi is the big winery here. Mumm
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Patagonia provinces (4)
Neuquen (1764ha) Rio Negro (1526ha) La Pampa (278ha) Chubut (87ha)
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Rio Negro GI - 3 subregions - most planted grapes
Patagonia; 1107ha Subregions: - General Roca (Upper Valley; 180 - 265M) - Avallenada (Middle Valley) - Alfonso Elsina #1 malbec, #2 Merlot, #3 Pinot Noir
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Rio Negro GI soils
Alluvial soils with clay, sandy loam & river gravels (Mendoza and Rio Negro both share alluvial soil types, but Rio Negro has more clay and calcareous soils)
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Neuquén - department IGs - soils - grapes
Patagonia Dept GI: Confluencia, Añelo * semi-arid, continental (7in rain) * alluvial clay sandy loam * 270 - 420M #1 Malbec, #2 Cab Sauv, #3 Merlot
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What are Neuquén GI's 2 major rivers?
Limay River, Neuquén River
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Añelo and Confluencia are located within what GI?
Neuquén GI
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Easternmost Argentina GI
Chapadmalal GI
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Where are the Chapalmadal, Villa Ventana, and Balcarce IG's?
Buenos Aires (Atlantic Region)
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La Pampa
Central Argentina * upper valley of the Rio Colorado * Bodega del Desierto * continental, arid
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Otronia
The world's most southerly (?) vineyard, planted at 45º50'S - Billionaire Alejandro Bulgheroni's project. Named for the lake that saves it from frost. Located in the Sarmiento GI.
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Bodega Chacra
Rio Negro, Patagonia Piero Incisa della Rocchetta (Sassicaia) * Mainque Chard made with Roulot Bodega Mainque is the Chardonnay counterpart, a separate label
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Patagonian wineries
- Bodega Chacra (Rio Negro) - Noemia (Rio Negro) - Otronia - Bodega del Fin del Mundo Remember: 7in rain/yr; max 30% humidity. Very dry. Frost risk. Large diurnal shift.
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Argentina's 1st recorded vineyard
Santiago del Estero, 1556
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Argentina wine law tiers
EXAMPLE: 1. Cuyo IG = **Region** (Cuyo & Patagonia are the only 2 big ones with GI status) 2. Mendoza IG, Uco Valley GI etc = **subregion** 3. Tunuyan, Tupungato, San Carlos are all **department** GIs 4. Paraje Altamira, El Cepillo etc are **district** GI
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Chile/Argentina "Maipu" name relationship
Battle of Maipu - Chilean battle of Independence, 1818. Argentine forces fought with Chilean. * possible that they both named regions for this shared effort, but not confirmed
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Tullum, Ullum, Zonda, Calingasta
Department IGs in San Juan (Cuyo)
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Barreal, Pedernal
District GI's in San Juan (Cuyo)
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Most planted department GI of Catamarca?
Tinogasta
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Distrito Medrano IG
Junin, Rivadavia
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