Quality

In La Florida vineyard at Bodegas Etchart we can find the most lively example of the quality of the Cafayatean terroir: the plot known as “the museum”. That parcel of vineyards, whose implanting dates from 1862, is probably one of the oldest vines in the world still in operation. A century and a half after its implantation, “the museum” still grows grapes at the heart of Cafayate, as a faithful witness of the terroir´s virtues. In qualitative terms, the almost 1,800 meters above sea level, the brightness and the great thermal amplitude between day and night temperatures (it may reach 20°C) are excellent conditions for culturing the grapevine. Likewise, the combination of dry climate and loamy/sand soils results in a low level of pest and disease. In Cafayate the vineyards are virtually virgin and naturally organic. Maximizing all the grape´s virtues is just up to the human hand.