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L a n d o f E x t r e m e s S A LT A L A R I O J A P A T A G O N I A

L a n d o f Wa r l o r d s T h e S l o w A r g e n t i n a

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S A LT A To r r o n t é s C a b e r n e t S a u v i g n o n

L A R I O J A S y r a h

PAT A G O N I A P i n o t N o i r M e r l o t

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S A LT A A r g e n t i n a

T O R R O N T É S C A B E R N E T S A U V I G N O N

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S A LT A T h e H i g h e s t V i n e y a r d s i n t h e w o r l d T h e S l o w A r g e n t i n a To r r o n t é s a n d C a b e r n e t S a u v i g n o n

E l e v a t i o n : 1 , 0 0 0 - 2 , 0 0 0 m e t e r s - h i g h e s t v i n e y a r d s i n t h e w o r l d . L a t i t u d e : 2 6 0 S o u t h . S o i l s a n d t o p o g r a p h y : D e e p l o a m y w i t h c l a y , s a n d a n d s i l t . C l i m a t e : H u n d r e d s o f s m a l l v a l l e y s f l a n k e d b y m o u n t a i n s . T h e h i g h a l t i t u d e s u n w o u l d b e t o o b r i g h t i f i t w e r e n ' t f o r t h e " f o e h n e f f e c t " t h a t c a u s e s t h e c l o u d s t o c i r c l e t h e h i l l s a n d m o u n t a i n s , p r o v i d i n g a c o n s t a n t a f t e r n o o n s h a d e . Ve r y c o o l n i g h t s , d o w n t o 1 2 0 C i n t h e s u m m e r , t y p i c a l o f m o u n t a i n c l i m a t e .

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S A LT A A r g e n t i n a

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Va r i e t i e s P l a n t e d : To r r o n t é s : 8 7 8 H a M a l b e c : 7 7 2 H a C a b e r n e t S a u v i g n o n : 4 7 8 H a Ta n n a t : 1 1 0 H a

S A LT A A r g e n t i n a

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M o s t f a m o u s d i s h : E m p a n a d a s S a l t e ñ a s - s i r l o i n b e e f c h o p p e d a n d f r i e d i n l a r d w i t h o n i o n s , r e d p e p p e r a n d c u m i n ; a b o i l e d e g g a n d b i t s o f p o t a t o e s a r e a d d e d t o t h e m e a t , w r a p p e d i n d o u g h a n d b a k e d i n a n o u t d o o r m u d o v e n .

S A LT A A r g e n t i n a

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H i s t o r i c a l f a c t s : F o l k l o r e s a y s t h a t t h e d a u g h t e r o f t h e S p a n i s h g o v e r n o r w h o w a s s t u d y i n g i n P a r i s , b r o u g h t C a b e r n e t S a u v i g n o n c u t t i n g s f r o m B o r d e a u x t o S a l t a i n t h e 1 8 t h c e n t u r y .

S A LT A A r g e n t i n a

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Tr e n d e l a s N u b e s F r o m S a l t a , t h e Tr e n a l a s N u b e s ( Tr a i n t o t h e C l o u d s ) a s c e n d s t h e m u l t i c o l o r e d Q u e b r a d a d e l To r o , c o n t i n u i n g p a s t t h e i m p o r t a n t r u i n s o f Ta s t i l . T h e t r a c k m a k e s c o u n t l e s s s w i t c h b a c k s a n d e v e n s p i r a l s , p a s s i n g t h r o u g h 2 1 t u n n e l s m o r e t h a n 3 0 0 0 m ( 9 8 4 2 f t ) i n t o t a l l e n g t h , a n d c r o s s i n g 3 1 i r o n b r i d g e s a n d 1 3 v i a d u c t s . T h e t r i p ' s h i g h l i g h t i s a s t u n n i n g v i a d u c t w h i c h i s 6 4 m ( 2 1 0 f t ) h i g h a n d 2 2 4 m ( 7 3 5 f t ) l o n g , a n d s p a n s a n e n o r m o u s d e s e r t c a n y o n a t L a P o l v o r i l l a - a m a g n i f i c e n t e n g i n e e r i n g a c h i e v e m e n t u n j u s t i f i e d o n a n y r e a s o n a b l e e c o n o m i c g r o u n d s . A t A b r a C h o r i l l o s , a n a l t i t u d e o f 4 5 7 5 m ( 1 5 , 0 1 0 f t ) m a k e s t h i s t h e f o u r t h h i g h e s t o p e r a t i n g l i n e i n t h e w o r l d .

S A LT A A r g e n t i n a

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L A R I O J A A r g e n t i n a

S Y R A H

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L A R I O J A A r g e n t i n a R e d I r o n R i c h S o i l s L a n d o f Wa r l o r d s B a t t l i n g L a R i o j a S p a i n f o r i t s n a m e S y r a h

E l e v a t i o n : 8 0 0 - 1 4 0 0 m e t e r s L a t i t u d e : 2 8 . 5 0 S S o i l s : S a n d y - c l a y a l l u v i a l s o i l s r i c h i n i r o n w h i c h m a k e s t h e m l o o k d e e p r e d - o r a n g e . L i k e t h e s o i l s o f t h e f a m o u s A u s t r a l i a n C o o n a w a r r a t h e s e m i n e r a l - r i c h s o i l s a r e p a r t i c u l a r l y a u s p i c i o u s f o r v i t i c u l t u r e a n d t h e g r o w i n g o f a d e n s e a n d m e a t y k i n d o f S y r a h . C l i m a t e : D r y m o u n t a i n c l i m a t e w i t h v e r y s u n n y d a y s a n d v e r y c o l d n i g h t s .

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A n i m a l s : A v e s t r u z ( A r g e n t i n e o s t r i c h ) , l l a m a s , w i l d p u m a s a n d h u n d r e d s o f v a r i e t i e s o f s n a k e s a n d l i z a r d s .

L A R I O J A A r g e n t i n a

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Va r i e t i e s P l a n t e d : To r r o n t é s R i o j a n o : 2 1 4 2 H a S y r a h : 6 2 1 H a M a l b e c : 5 2 8 H a B o n a r d a : 5 4 5 H a

L A R I O J A A r g e n t i n a

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M o s t f a m o u s d i s h : L a m b c h o p s c o o k e d o u t d o o r s o v e r p r u n e d v i n e c u t t i n g s a n d s e r v e d w i t h a s t e w o f P o t a t o e s " a l a R i o j a n a , " w i c h i n c l u d e s r e d p e p p e r s , o n i o n s , g a r l i c a n d s p i c e s a n d i s c o o k e d i n a c l a y p o t o v e r t h e o u t d o o r f i r e .

L A R I O J A A r g e n t i n a

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H i s t o r i c a l f a c t s : L a R i o j a i s f a m o u s f o r i t s r e b e l l i o n s a g a i n s t t h e c e n t r a l g o v e r n m e n t o f B u e n o s A i r e s i n t h e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y , l e d b y t h e f i e r c e w a r l o r d F a c u n d o Q u i r o g a .

L A R I O J A A r g e n t i n a

I n 2 0 1 1 , a f t e r d e c a d e s o f l e g a l a c t i o n , t h e d i s p u t e b e t w e e n L a R i o j a S p a i n a n d L a R i o j a A r g e n t i n a o v e r t h e A r g e n t i n e r e g i o n ' s r i g h t t o u s e t h e n a m e " L a R i o j a " w a s s e t t l e d g i v i n g L a R i o j a A r g e n t i n a t h e r i g h t t o u s e i t s n a m e o n l a b e l s w i t h t h e w o r d " A r g e n t i n a " f o l l o w i n g " L a R i o j a . " W h y t h e n a m e ? I n 1 5 9 1 a S p a n i s h C o n q u i s t a d o r b y t h e n a m e o f J u a n R a m i r e z d e Ve l a z c o f o u n d e d t h e c i t y a n d n a m e d i t " L a N u e v a R i o j a " a f t e r h i s b i r t h r e g i o n i n S p a i n .

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L A R I O J A A r g e n t i n a

I t ' s h a r d t o b e l i e v e t h a t a b o u t 2 2 5 m i l l i o n y e a r s a g o t h i s a r e a w a s o n c e a t r o p i c a l r a i n f o r e s t w h e r e d i n o s a u r s r o a m e d t h e l a n d . I n f a c t , t h i s i s t h e s i t e w h e r e t h e f o s s i l i z e d r e m a i n s o f t h e L a g o s u c h u s Ta l a m p a y e n s i s w e r e u n c o v e r e d , o n e o f t h e o l d e s t d i n o s a u r f o s s i l s e v e r f o u n d . A s y o u a r r i v e a t t h e e n d o f t h e r o a d a c r a t e r w i l l c o m e i n t o v i e w , a n d l o c a t e d a t t h e b o t t o m o f t h i s c r a t e r i s t h e L o s t C i t y . I t ' s a c o m p l e x l a b y r i n t h o f s a n d a n d r o c k f o r m a t i o n s t h a t l o o k l i k e a c i t y t h a t w a s h i t b y a m e t e o r s h o w e r .

M o s t v i s i t e d l a n d m a r k : To v i s i t T h e L o s t C i t y y o u ' l l w i n d d o w n a d u s t y r o a d t h a t z i g z a g s o v e r t h e d r y b e d o f t h e G u a b o R i v e r .

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PAT A G O N I A A r g e n t i n a

M E R L O T P I N O T N O I R

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E l e v a t i o n : 3 0 0 m e t e r s L a t i t u d e : 3 8 - 4 0 0 S S o i l s : a l l u v i a l s a n d y l o a m y s o i l s o v e r l a y e r s o f l i m e s t o n e . C l i m a t e : c o o l b e c a u s e o f t h e S o u t h e r n L a t i t u d e . A l t i t u d e i s n o t r e l e v a n t i n P a t a g o n i a . P r o m i n e n t w i n d s b l o w a w a y p e s t s a n d m a k e i t v e r y e a s y t o g r o w d i s e a s e - f r e e v i n e s .

PAT A G O N I A O n e o f t h e l e a s t p o p u l a t e d p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d S t u n n i n g n a t u r a l b e a u t y - g l a c i e r s , f o r e s t s , p e n g u i n s , w h a l e s P i n o t N o i r , M e r l o t a n d C h a r d o n n a y

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PAT A G O N I A A r g e n t i n a

A n i m a l s : w i l d d e e r , s h e e p , P a t a g o n i a n s k u n k , a r m a d i l l o s , i n c r e d i b l e b i r d d i v e r s i t y , p e n g u i n s , w h a l e s a n d m a r i n e t u r t l e s a m o n g m a n y o t h e r s . P a t a g o n i a i s o n e o f t h e e a r t h ' s l e a s t p o p u l a t e d a r e a s b y h u m a n s a n d t h e r e f o r e , m o s t p o p u l a t e d b y a n i m a l s .

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Va r i e t i e s P l a n t e d : M a l b e c : 5 9 7 H a M e r l o t : 2 3 8 H a P i n o t N o i r : 2 2 9 H a C h a r d o n n a y : 1 2 7 H a

PAT A G O N I A A r g e n t i n a

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M o s t f a m o u s d i s h : Pa t a g o n i a i s A r g e n t i n a ' s c h o c o l a t e c a p i t a l .

PAT A G O N I A A r g e n t i n a

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H i s t o r i c a l f a c t s : P a t a g o n i a i s h o m e t o o n e o f t h e w o r l d ' s l a r g e s t r e s e r v o i r s o f l a r g e d i n o s a u r f o s s i l s . P a t a g o n i a w a s s e t t l e d i n t h e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y b y We l s h s e t t l e r s w h o c a m e t o r a i s e s h e e p f o r w o o l . To d a y y o u c a n s t i l l f i n d t h e d e s c e n d a n t s o f t h e s e We l s h g a u c h o s r o a m i n g t h e P a t a g o n i a n p l a i n s o n h o r s e b a c k a n d l o o k i n g l i k e L o n d o n e r s d r e s s e d u p a s A r g e n t i n e G a u c h o s w i t h t h e i r b a g g y p a n t s a n d c o l o r f u l b e r r e t s , e x c e p t t h a t t h e y r a r e l y s p e a k E n g l i s h . A r g e n t i n a ' s m o s t f a m o u s c h e f , F r a n c i s M a l l m a n n , w a s b o r n i n P a t a g o n i a .

PAT A G O N I A A r g e n t i n a

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M o s t v i s i t e d l a n d m a r k : T h e P e r i t o M o r e n o G l a c i e r i s a n e n o r m o u s g l a c i e r l o c a t e d i n t h e L o s G l a c i a r e s N a t i o n a l P a r k . B o a t t o u r s a r e a p o p u l a r w a y o f s e e i n g t h e P e r i t o M o r e n o G l a c i e r a n d m a n y o t h e r g l a c i e r s a n d p l a c e s i n t h e N a t i o n a l P a r k L o s G l a c i a r e s .

PAT A G O N I A A r g e n t i n a

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