27 places
Luján de Cuyo is Argentina's first appellation and the closest serious wine district to Mendoza city — the bodegas start about 16 kilometres from the centre and spread over roughly the same distance again. You can be tasting within half an hour of leaving your hotel, which is why it is the day trip most visitors to Mendoza actually take.
Malbec is the reason. The old vines here, at roughly 900 to 1,100 metres, give the darker, more structured style that made Argentine Malbec famous, and the Andes sit on the western horizon through most of it.
The region rewards booking. Many bodegas do lunch as well as tasting, and the long asado-and-Malbec lunch is the point rather than an add-on. Harvest is February to April. Summer is hot and dry; the vineyards are irrigated by snowmelt channels that are worth asking about.
27 places
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Belasco de Baquedano
Cobos 8260
5509 agrelo
M5509 Lujan de cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Bodega Benegas
Carril Araoz 1600
M5507 Luján de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Bodega Bressia
Cochabamba
7725 Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Bodega Caelum
Ruta Nacional 7 Km 1060, Agrelo
M5507 Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Carmelo Patti
San Martin 2614, Mayor Drummond
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Cheval des Andes
Thames y Cochabamba - Prerdriel
M5509AOA Luján De Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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CONALBI GRINBERG Casa Vinicola
Maza Sur 1848
5517 Russell
Mendoza
Argentina
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Domaine St. Diego
Franklin Villanueva 3821, Lunlunta
M5517 Maipu
Mendoza
Argentina
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Familia Zuccardi
Ruta Provincial 33 Km 7.5, Fray Luis Beltran
M5531 Maipu
Mendoza
Argentina
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Hacienda del Plata
San Martin 4871, Chacras de Coria,
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Las Perdices
Ruta 7 n/s - Agrelo - Luján de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Luigi Bosca
Edificio Panamericana Plaza, Tronador 4890
1430 Lujan de Cuyo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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Pulenta Estate
Ruta Provincial 86 km 6,5 Alto Agrelo
5509 Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Ruca Malen
Ruta Nacional 7, Agrelo
5509 Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
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Tempus Alba
Carril Perito Moreno 572
Coquimbito
M5504 Maipu
Mendoza
Argentina
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Terrazas de Los Andes
Thames y Cochabamba s/n - Perdriel - ZC 5507 - Luján De Cuyo - Mendoza
Argentina
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Viña Cobos
Costa Flores y Ruta 7, Agrelo
5509 Luján de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina