PUNA

In Cachi, Salta, 2,600 metres above sea level, Bodega Puna was born: vineyards planted since 2014 in one of the most extreme and inhospitable terroirs in the world. The altitude, the temperature range and the ultraviolet rays of the Puna give these wines a unique character, hand-harvested by workers from the local Diaguita community.

Cachi lies where the Cachi and Calchaquí rivers meet, in the heart of the Calchaquí Valley, surrounded by hills and mountains in the Andean foothills. Its name is believed to come from the Diaguita language: "kak" means rock and "chi" means silence or solitude, a colonial village that still preserves its pre-Columbian architecture. Up there, 2,600 metres above sea level, the family planted their vineyards in 2014 and founded the winery in 2017. The land where the vines grow today once produced paprika peppers and onions, and those flavours remained in the soil, adding a special touch to each variety. It is an extreme-altitude wine where every bunch and every berry is sorted one by one, hand-harvested by workers, many of them from the local Diaguita community.

The Puna is untamed, immense and inhospitable: a whimsical landscape that seems to come from another planet, where life makes its way in the most extreme conditions. There, altitude and the four elements make the terroir a perfect place to craft unique wines. The area's wide temperature range, with up to 20°C of difference between day and night, makes the grapes build up large amounts of tannins, polyphenols and anthocyanins, while the shallow, well-drained slate soils bring a very distinctive minerality. From here come the Torrontés, the Malbec in its Reserva and Gran Reserva versions, the Cabernet Franc, the Syrah, the Tempranillo and the Helios, Occidente and Recóndito lines, the latter made at 3,350 metres in La Poma, among the highest wines in the world.

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