Mendoza · Maipú
Wine tours in Maipú
Maipú is old-school Mendoza wine country: century-old wineries built by Italian and Spanish families, vintage French oak vats, and olive groves woven between the vines. It's 20 minutes from the city and the best place to understand how wine was made in Argentina before the high-altitude Malbec boom.
- Elevation
- 2,300 – 2,950 ft
- Grapes
- Malbec, Bonarda, Tempranillo, Torrontés
- Soil
- Silty loam, alluvial soil from the Mendoza River
- When to go
- Year-round. Easy to combine with a half-day plus lunch.
What to know about Maipú
- Cruz de Piedra and Russell: historic wineries still run by their founding families.
- Olive oil and craft vermouth as a natural complement to the tasting.
- The best zone to get to know Bonarda, Argentina's second grape.
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