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Sparkling · Traditional method
Valdeluz Extra Brut
- Nose
- Toasted brioche, green apple, linden blossom.
- Palate
- Fine, persistent bead, taut acidity, creamy finish.
- Pairing
- Oysters, ceviche, soft cheeses.
- Cellaring
- 8 years
Uco Valley · Mendoza
Time,bottled.
High-altitude wines, handmade since 1921.
We do not make much wine. We make the wine the mountain allows: a few rows, a hand harvest and the patience to let every vintage speak for itself.
— Inés Valdés · Winemaker, fourth generation
4,600feet above sea level
42hectares of estate vineyards
24months in French oak
9,000numbered bottles a year
Origin
Where the Andescool the nights.
In 1921, Aurelio Valdés planted his first vines at the foot of the Tupungato, where almost nobody believed wine was possible. A century later, the same soil of stone and limestone still shapes every bottle.
- Soil
- Alluvial, stone and calcium carbonate
- Diurnal range
- Up to 20 °C between day and night
- Irrigation
- Drip, with snowmelt water
- 1921
The first vines
Aurelio Valdés arrives in the Uco Valley and plants Malbec and Sémillon at 4,600 feet.
- 1948
The old vineyard
The Sémillon block that still gives our most sought-after white is planted.
- 1994
The cellar
We dig an underground cellar: a constant 14 °C, no machines, only stone.
- Today
Fourth generation
Inés Valdés makes fewer than ten thousand bottles a year, each numbered by hand.
The collection
Four wines. None in a hurry.
Each label comes from a single plot and is bottled only in the years that deserve it.
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White · Old vines from 1948
Piedra Blanca Sémillon
- Nose
- Orange-blossom honey, beeswax, lemon peel.
- Palate
- Rich yet fresh, with a wet-stone texture.
- Pairing
- Mountain trout, free-range chicken, risotto.
- Cellaring
- 12 years
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Red · Hillside plot
Ladera Cabernet Franc
- Nose
- Roasted pepper, redcurrant, graphite.
- Palate
- Fine tannins, high-altitude tension, long spicy finish.
- Pairing
- Patagonian lamb, wild mushrooms.
- Cellaring
- 15 years
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Red · Plot selection
Gran Valdeluz Malbec
- Nose
- Violet, black plum, bitter cocoa.
- Palate
- Deep and velvety, with limestone freshness.
- Pairing
- Wood-fired rib-eye, 70 % chocolate.
- Cellaring
- 20 years
The craft
Four seasons before the first glass.
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Harvest
At dawn, by hand, in twelve-kilo crates. No bunch travels more than an hour to the winery.
02
Selection
Berry by berry, on a steel sorting table. Anything less than perfect stays out.
03
Ageing
Eighteen to twenty-four months in French oak barrels, in the cellar at 14 °C.
04
Rest
Each bottle waits one more year in silence before leaving the winery.
High-altitude nights
One of the clearestskies on Earth.
At 4,600 feet and far from any city, Valdeluz nights are so clear the Milky Way casts a shadow. On Fridays and Saturdays, tastings end outdoors, looking up.
Experiences
Come and see where your glass begins.
Small groups, advance booking and a pace no one rushes. Prices per person.
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The visit
A walk through the vineyard and the underground cellar, with a guided tasting of all four wines.
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Vineyard table
A five-course lunch among the rows, paired with cellar-worthy wines.
03
High-altitude night
A candlelit tasting followed by stargazing through a telescope.