Thursday, April 22, 2010

Mendoza Day 3

Day 3 in Mendoza was much the same. We again had an early start and headed about 1.5 hrs out of the city towards the Andes. Known as the Uco Valley, the altitude here is higher and the grapes have different properties to the pros in the wineries. Most of the larger wineries take grapes from several Altitudes and mix them, even if it is the same grape, for desired effect.

As before, the wine tours were great and we continued learning about wines and developing our noses and taste buds. The best part of the day was lunch. We stopped at a small winery, Altus, down a gravely tree-lined road; the kind of road that people take pictures of with old tall trees that make a beautiful fall canopy of green, orange, and gold. The winery was nice, but the lunch was the show. Prepared by a real chef that refused to leave this place, we had a 5 course lunch with paired wines with each course. The best empanadas in the world. Unreal.

We finished our day touring and went to dinner late that night. We are sad to leave. Back to Buenos Aires in the morning.

Mendoza Day 3

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