REGIJA / REGION
Mendoza je daleko najveća vinska regija u Argentini . Smještena na visokoj visoravni na rubu Anda, pokrajina je odgovorna za otprilike 70 posto godišnje proizvodnje vina u zemlji. Francuska sorta grožđa Malbec ima svoj dom u Novom svijetu u vinogradima Mendoze, proizvodeći crvena vina velike koncentracije i intenziteta.
Provincija se nalazi na zapadnom rubu Argentine, s druge strane Anda iz Čilea . Iako je pokrajina velika (pokriva slično područje kao i država New York), njezino je vinogradarsko zemljište grupirano uglavnom u sjevernom dijelu, južno od grada Mendoza.
Ovdje su regije Lujan de Cuyo i Maipu (oko same Mendoze) i dolina Uco (na jugu) dom nekih od najvećih imena argentinskog vina.
Mendoza is by far the largest wine region in Argentina. Located on a high-altitude plateau at the edge of the Andes Mountains, the province is responsible for roughly 70 percent of the country’s annual wine production. The French grape variety Malbec has its New World home in the vineyards of Mendoza, producing red wines of great concentration and intensity.
The province lies on the western edge of Argentina, across the Andes Mountains from Chile. While the province is large (it covers a similar area to the state of New York), its viticultural land is clustered mainly in the northern part, just south of Mendoza City.
Here, the regions of Lujan de Cuyo and Maipu (around Mendoza itself) and the Uco Valley (to the south) are home to some of the biggest names in Argentinian wine.
