List of products by brand Estancia Los Cardones
The Saavedra Azcona family in partnership with the engineer and oenologist Alejandro Sejanovich are the founders of this project that aims to reflect in their wines the unique characteristics of this Tolombón terroir.
The Estancia Los Cardones winery is located in Tolombón, Salta province, the northernmost wine-growing area of the country; South of the city of Cafayate at 1,700 meters above sea level at the top of the eastern slope of the Calchaquí Valleys.
The civil work, inaugurated at the beginning of 2017, was built entirely in stone. Mineral that was extracted from the quarries of the same farm. In this way, if one observes the drawing of the walls of the winery, one can easily give a notion of the soil that makes up the vineyard.
Currently, they have an installed capacity of 150,000 liters, thinking of expanding the capacity in the medium term to reach 250,000 liters.
MoreThe first grape plantations date back to 2009. The most planted strain is Malbec, however you can also find lots with Petit Verdot, Garnacha, Cabernet and Marsanne.
The soil profile of Estancia Los Cardones is unique in the Calchaquí Valleys as it is a very shallow rocky soil with abundant chipped slate stone on the surface, full of disintegrated mica.
The climate is dry throughout the year, except for some occasional rains during the summer season. Warm days and cold nights with thermal amplitudes greater than 25 degrees.
The orientation of the vineyards, the intense sun and the stony soil favor the earliest maturity of the grapes, being the first estate to harvest in the entire Calchaquí Valleys.
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