Argentina

**Argentina** is South America's largest wine producer and one of the New World's most recognizable, defined by high-altitude vineyards climbing toward the Andes and a signature red that became its calling card. Once inward-looking, it now exports its style with confidence. **Signature wines** — bold, plush Malbec is the flagship, giving deeply colored reds with ripe dark fruit; the aromatic white Torrontés is the distinctive native counterpart, alongside solid Cabernet Sauvignon and Bonarda. **Key regions** — Mendoza dominates production and includes prized sub-zones like the Uco Valley and Luján de Cuyo; further north Salta grows vines at some of the world's highest elevations, while Patagonia in the south offers a cooler, fresher profile. **Good to know** — Argentine wine country is essentially high desert, irrigated by Andean snowmelt, and altitude does much of the work that latitude does elsewhere, keeping acidity and color intense under strong sunlight. Malbec, though French in origin, found its truest home here.

Wines

• 1300 Malbec — Andeluna
• 45 Rugientes Corte de Blancas — Otronia
• Abrasado Terroir Selection Malbec — Familia Millán
• Alhambra Single Vineyard Malbec Reserva — Finca Abril
• Alma Mater GSM — Matervini
• Alma Negra — Ernesto Catena
• Almanegra — Domaine Almanegra
• Alta Collection Cabernet Sauvignon — Bodega Tapiz
• Alta Malbec — Pascual Toso
• Alta Shiraz-Malbec — Callia
• Altimus MMXI — El Esteco
• Altura Maxima — Colomé
• Altura Pinot Noir — Bodega Norton
• Amano — Decero
• Arcilla Cabernet Franc — Cru
• Atemporal — Alta Vista
• Aventura Chacayes Norte — Kaiken
• Barda Pinot Noir — Bodega Chacra
• Barrel Select Malbec — San Felipe
• Beso de Dante — Luca