Clos de los Siete is a venture of five wineries, and this establishment closes the circle of investments originally planned. The others are: Monteviejo (Catherine Pere-Verge), Arrows of the Andes (Dassault-Rothschild), Cuvelier (Cuvelier family) and the cellar of Michel Rolland (ideologue of the project), not yet opened but is already developing its wines.

Diamandes Winery already making wine, but its official opening is scheduled for December 3 in Vista Flores, at the foot of the Andes Mountains and about 120 kilometers from the city of Mendoza.

Among those attending the inauguration is Laurent Dassault, the French billionaire owner of another of the cellars of Clos (Arrows of the Andes) and whose grandfather founded the legendary Dassault aircraft factory, manufacturers, among other models, the Mirage.

To raise the winery owner, Frenchman Jean-Jacques Bonnie with his father (also owners of Château Malartic Lagravière Bordeaux) invested $ 15 million. The choice of Mendoza, as Bonnie, passed by the qualities of Valle de Uco and cost / quality of land, much cheaper than in France. Those reasons “compensate” the fact that Argentina’s economy “can be a little unsettling.” In this sense, the French investor said: “By working with some unpredictability, as the price increase, we have some leeway. However, it is not insurmountable issues. “

Thus, it created a space dedicated to producing high quality wines, with a line of manual selection of grapes, small stainless steel tanks, a modern pressing equipment, as well as a new barrel room heated.

The project was also present the vision of the Family Squassini open the bay doors to offer visitors a unique offering in the area, bringing together the ability to appreciate the process, both as the sparkling wine.

The winery, built in 1920, stands out for its Florentine style of architecture winemaking icon of Mendoza beginning of the twentieth century. The same was restored, recycling and valued combining tradition and technology.

The Bodega Dante Robino proposal offers the visitor begins in a traditional Malbec vineyard located next to the winery, and then to continue on a journey through 90 years of history.

Among the attractions of the ship visit highlights the barrels, a space dedicated to the development of oak and wine in the last century, and the Elaboration of Sparkling Area, where visitors can enjoy a glass of sparkling wine directly from a tank fermentation.

The proposal also has an underground tour, where you can see a museum with original objects from the beginning of the twentieth century, a Storage Area and Wine Tasting Room Technique.

For the reception and care of the growing wine tourism, the winery built a modern visitor center where tourists can taste the Novecento line, Dante Robino and Great Dante. This space combines modern architectural proposal in a warm and pleasant, with stunning views of the Andes.

Hours:
Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 18:00

The path to the winery itself is a very pleasant experience. The surrounding landscape is typical of rural Mendoza, planted with vines, olive, almond, cherry and horticultural crops, whose forms and colors are enhanced by changing the shape and shade of the imposing Andes Mountains.

Once in the winery, the winemaker and other specialists will take care of our family to tell them in a language professional, yet poetic and passionate, all the details that make the vinification process and finally try to seduce him at the time of sampling .

In Tempus Albus Winery grapes entering the winery come from vineyards, planted on the farm “La Alborada”, “The Return” and “San Antonio”, totaling over 110 hectares and are located in privileged areas of the departments Lujan de Cuyo, Maipu and Tupungato. The heights vary between 800 and 1200 meters above sea level.

The soils are alluvial, deep to shallow, stony, well drained and moderately fertile.

The climate is mild and dry with sunny days and cool nights, and a wide temperature range between day and night that allows for an excellent round tannins and good concentration of color and aromas.

The vines are conducted through arbor or trellis systems and are cultivated in the traditional way, performing tasks of pruning, thinning, canopy management and harvesting by hand by skilled personnel.

Located in the Department of Tupungato at 1200 mt. altitude, with strains of up to 55 years old planted by our grandparents.
Their vines are made of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Tempranillo and Sangiovese that express the characteristics of grapes grown in cooler areas, which adds the variety Semillon, traditional exponent of white grapes in Mendoza.
The traditional furrow irrigation with water from the melting of the Andes.

Located in the District of Anchoris, geographical boundary between the departments of Lujan de Cuyo and Tupungato, at an altitude of 1,040 mt.
The grape is made up of red grapes Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah, and white varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.
The entire surface with a frost protection system. Moreover, much of it is covered with hail mesh placed in height so as not to affect the good aeration of the culture.

At 800 meters above sea level, in the town of Coquimbito, Department of Maipu is where the Family Biondolillo decided to settle and build the winery, which they considered a perfect terroir for growing Malbec.
This vineyard is strategic for the future development of the family business, as their genetic material strains are the basis for the identification of different clones of oenological interest that are being implemented on the farm “La Alborada” and “San Antonio”. This will be achieved by optimizing the varietal expression of our strains in the different terroirs.

Francois Lurton Winery has some 250 hectares of land of which about 200 are planted. Of these 200 acres, 136 are platadas in Vista Flores, on the farm Chacayes, where it produces its best wines. The vineyard is situated south of Mendoza at an altitude of about 1100m, in a gravel floor, volcanic sand and boulders where the climate is cooler than in nearby valleys. A second farm called Barracks, located in Maipu, comprising some 65 hectares of vines intended to offer varietal wines. It is a calcareous clay soil very fertile where the vine is vigorous. The grape vines are planted on rootstocks to avoid the risk of phylloxera. The high density planting and pruning cuts allow low yields per vine. Controlled irrigation is practiced dropwise to control water stress.

In general, soils of different wine areas come from the decomposition and disintegration of rocks and minerals from the mountains, and its origin is of the Quaternary period. Because of its short life, there are no generic soil layers in your profile.

Climate

In general all the wine areas are in arid hot climate with well defined winters, high solar radiation and temperature ranges that are close to 15 ° C. The annual average temperature varies between 13.8 º C and 18.3 ° C. according to the classification of Winkler, these areas belong to the region II and III.

The annual rainfall in all areas of wine is between 150 and 400mm. Most rain falls in spring and summer. The rain is not enough for vineyards, then you need to irrigate river water or groundwater. In general it is an area of ​​little wind.

Soil

The Upper Rio Mendoza area has soil and climate conditions that allow good varieties grow and produce wines of high quality. It is located in the province of Mendoza about 33 degrees south latitude. The average temperature is 15 ° C. It is located near the city of Mendoza. The wines of this region are one of the highest quality in Argentina. As soon as it begins to descend in altitude, the temperature is higher and different characteristics are found in small distances (no more than 20kms). The climatic conditions allow the formation of color and tannins in wine, making them suitable for aging. Malbec is a typical variety and vineyards of over 40 years make the region a valuable and well known.
Barrancas de Maipu
In the province of Mendoza, in the Upper Rio Mendoza area, is the Las Barrancas, Maipu Department. It is in this town, at 715 meters above sea level where they have more than 400 hectares of Bodegas Toso. This is a diverse terroir: a gap of 7 meters, the floor is from the bare stone on which the grapes are rising in all its nobility, deeper soils with green cover.

The resulting wines are an expression of their origin, producing areas of recognized quality.

The irrigation water comes from the Andes through the main river of the region, known as “Rio Mendoza.”

Farm soils are of alluvial origin, there are two well-defined soil types:
- Stony they come from the grapes for our best wines
- Franco-gritty ideal for growing white varieties intended for sparkling wines.

Many grapes are grown in this area as Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Torrontes, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc …

Cellar
Currently, all base wines fine wines are made in the establishment of “The Canyon” and originate, the finest, with grapes from our own vineyards, as this facility is exclusively dedicated to the production and cultivation of fine celajes that privileged the characteristics of soil and climate of the area, producing wines of exceptional quality.

Still wines: Pascual Toso Winery Canyon

This accommodation is equipped with all the means that modern technology makes available to the wine, either its fully automated machinery and stainless steel, as well as their equipment and cooling system, as well as their vessels in accordance with the best technology. The total capacity of 6 million liters per year.

Sparkling wines: Bodega San Jose

Pascual Toso Winery has at its plant in San Jose, the traditional blowing factory by the classic method and modern method Champenoise Charmat. The winery is located in San Jose, 5 minutes from the center of the city of Mendoza. The original winery has been completely transformed and now, sparkling wines are produced, stored and bottled in San Jose. 60,000 bottles of champagne method sparkling wines are produced by a year, and 9,000,000 bottles are produced by the Charmat method.

Mendoza is divided in three wine regions, that can be difference one each other according with the characteristics of the soil and climate which produce different varieties of grapes, giving as result differences in the final wines.

Lujan de Cuyo: located only 18 km from the city, this region is washed by the water of Mendoza River, has different micro weathers perfects for the production of the mendocinian Malbec, recognized and awarded all over the world.

Maipú: Mendoza birthplace of wine making, located 16 km from the capital. This is the region that originated the history of the wine. Here were built the first wineries and today has vineyards with more than 100 years old and some wine museums. It is well known for the production of white fruity and young red wines.

Uco Valley: zone of cold climate and high altitude, situated 80 km far from the capital, which allow obtaining wine with a huge quality and acidity. Today, it is currently the area of greatest development in wine investment, new wineries and enormous projects with the latest technologies are being developed and will demonstrate the new direction of viticulture and enology in Argentina.

ITINERARY

A driver of our company will pick you up you in the hotel where you are lodging (If you don´t have one, we can give you some recommendations because we have excellent offers), after that, he will leave you in the chosen wineries, where a guide will explain the wine process since the vineyard up to the bottling. Finally you will taste premium and young wines belong to each winery. In a third winery, we offer a gourmet lunch or a pic nic. Here you will have a visit, too. Those foreign visitors, who want to take this experience in company of a professional bilingual guide, can ask for him.

Below we give some examples of tours across the Wine Route in each of the mentioned regions, however the proposed wineries are only a suggestion, because if you has specific wineries that you want to visit, this program has the advantage that can be organized according with the preferences of the passengers so the wineries can be changed for those you want to visit, of course depending on the following topics: the chosen wineries must be prepared to receive tourism and have available timetables for you.

We proposed include in the itinerary, wineries with different characteristics, so in all the following cases, we have mentioned one boutique or familiar winery, another with new technology and the last belonging to foreign capitals or with views to the Andes Mountain. This alternative can allow you to obtain a complete notion of how is development the vitiviniculture in Mendoza.

WINE ROADS IN THE LAND OF MALBEC (Luján de Cuyo)

09.00 Departure from the hotel

09.30 Visit and tasting Winery Clos de Chacras (Boutique Winery)

11.00 Visit and tasting Winery Norton or Chandon (New Wineries)

12.30 Visit and gourmet lunch at Finca Decero Winery, Belasco de Baquedano or pic nic in Norton Winery.

Wineries included: Cavas de Weinert, Alta Vista, Belasco de Baquedano, Vistalba, Clos de Chacras, Chandon, Finca Decero, Lagarde, Luigi Bosca, Nieto Senetiner, Bonfanti, Los Toneles, Carmelo Patti, Dante Robino, Kaikén, Séptima, Lagarde, Terrazas de los Andes, Dolium, Renacer, Cabrini, Catena Zapata, Dominio del Plata, Etchard, Carmine Granata, Tapiz, Achaval Ferrer, Benegas, Dominio del Plata, Melipal, Sottano, Belasco de Baquedano, Cssone, Pulenta Estate, Sotano.

TOUR THROUGH THE HISTORY OF WINE

09.00 Departure from the hotel

10.00 Visit and tasting Winery Cecchin (product organic wines), Carinae (winery attended for its owners Who are from France), or La Rural (which has a Wine Museum)

11.30 Visit and tasting Winery Trapiche ( winery with the latest technology)

3.00 Visit and lunch at Familia Zuccardi (Familiar winery)

Wineries included: Tempus Alba, López, Carinae, Trapiche, La Rural, Cavas de Don Arturo, Cecchin, Navarro Correas, Domain St. Diego, Mevi, Trivento, Finca Flichman, Zuccardi, Viñas del Cerno, Tapaus.

WINE ROUTE VALLE DE UCO

09.00 Departure from the hotel

10.00 Visit and tasting Winery Salentein

12.30 Visit and lunch Winery Andeluna

15.00 Visit and tasting Winery Atamisque

Wineries included: Andeluna, Finca La Celia, O´fournier, Monteviejo, Cuvalier de los Andes, Diamandes, Flecha de los Andes, Lurton, Bombal, Salentein, La Azul, Atamisque, Hinojosa.

The order of the wineries can change according with the availability of them to receive visits at the moment of the confirmation.

All the tours are offered in private service and include: transportation, gourmet lunch or a pic nic depending on your election, visits and tasting in the wineries. Bilingual guide is optional and has an extra cost.

Mendoza represents the principal vitiviniculture central of South America, thanks theirs terroirs and climate characteristics coverts it in one of the 8 International Wine Capitals in the world.

Is the province with the biggest number of wineries (1200) and tourism of wine that arrives to the country.

A average of 80 wineries are open and organize to receive tourism and delight not only with theirs wine, but also with an endless number of activities taking place in them and are part of the entertainment programs they offer, including mentioned: gastronomy in 30 wineries offering restaurant, picnic in the gardens or cooking class, culture and art classes, folkloric shows, spa in wineries where wine therapies are performed, wine museums, sports such as golf, biking or horseback riding through vineyards, astronomy, room of scents and much more.

For all these reasons it is essential to contact a professional company specialized in Wine Tourism which can suggest you the best way of enjoy your travel in Mendoza Wine Routes.

In case of you being interesting in some of the proposed tours, we thank you in answer this email. All the suggested wineries give exclusive visits, so they request to make a reservation and a payment, some days before the date of your travel to ensure a place.

The payment can be made by online credit card.

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Hotel Lodges

The design of their hotel lodges were inspired by the traditional Argentine estancia, and contemporary vineyard estate living.
Each lodge offers warm and comfortable accommodations, as well as access to a wraparound outdoor patio with delightful vineyard views. The lodges’ cheerful country galleries open to a revitalizing swimming pool and courtyard where guests can lounge in the warm Argentina sun as they enjoy a glass of crisp, estate-grown Chardonnay. An adjacent vine-covered picnic area and traditional “parrilla” lends itself to poolside barbeques catered by the estate’s gifted chefs.
Enjoy a truly unique and tranquil holiday experience as you explore the hidden treasures of Argentina’s wine country, or simply relax in the peaceful, quite countryside and rejuvenate your being.

Algodon Villa

The charming Algodon Villa is a private lodge originally built in 1921 that has been fully restored to its original farmhouse design of adobe walls and rustic cane roof. Reminiscent of Argentina’s golden-age, this nostalgic lodge offers an intimate gallery, as well as three charming suites that feature cozy fireplaces and lovely vineyard views.
Algodon Villa offers the highest quality in service and is ideally situated for vacationing families, business conference or retreat travelers, golfing companions, or wine route globe trekkers seeking a peaceful night’s sleep amongst the vineyards.

Wine & Golf Lodge

The newly constructed Wine & Golf Lodge sits adjacent to the Algodon Villa, and has been designed to complement the architectural style of the villa’s golden-age aesthetic.
The Wine & Golf Lodge features six spacious suites as well as a cozy gallery with two fireplaces and a bar. Each suite boasts large bathrooms with stone tile décor, as well as access to wraparound stone patios with lovely views of the vineyard and the surrounding country estate. Modern amenities and authentic old-world charm combine to create the perfect getaway along Argentina’s Ruta del Vino.

Lodge Amenities & Services

Outdoor Swimming Pool. Private Patios. Wood-burning Stoves or Fireplaces. In-room Climate Control. 24-hour Front Desk. Wi-Fi Internet. Satellite Flat-screen Television. Room Service. Daily Maid Service. Business Center. AWE Vine Therapy Bath Products. Daily Breakfast