Valle de la Puerta

Valle de la Puerta:
Located in the Famatina Valley approximately 754 miles North West from Buenos Aires the winery and its vineyards sit between the Famatina and Velasco Mountain ranges, which are part of the Andes. This unique valley offers a magnificent visual backdrop and a special microclimate. The hot and dry summer days and cool nights combine with the clean air and desert-like topography of the valley to ensure outstanding ripening conditions for grapes. Rain is scarce with only 4 to 8 inches per year and for this reason the winery has to source its water for irrigation from 200 meter wells. 

Hundreds of years ago the Famatina Valley was inhabited by the indigenous people called the Diaguitas. Ironically, the lack of rain, a constant everyday problem for the Diaguitas, is one of the key variables to producing the high quality wines that originate from this barren elevated desert valley. Artwork that survives on remnants of the Diaguita's pottery is commemorated on the labels of the Valle de la Puerta wines.