Mendoza Province is Argentina's most important wine region, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the country's entire wine production. Located in the eastern foothills of the Andes, in the shadow of Aconcagua, vineyards are planted at some of the highest altitudes in the world, with the average site located 600–1,100 metres (2,000–3,600 ft) above sea level. The principal wine producing areas fall into two main departments-Maipú and Luján, which includes Argentina's first delineated appellation established in 1993 in Luján de Cuyo. The pink-skinned grapes of Criolla Grande and Cereza account for more than a quarter of all plantings but Malbec is the region's most important planting, followed closely by Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo and Chardonnay. Mendoza is considered the heart of the winemaking industry in Argentina with the vast majority of large wineries located in the provincial capital of Mendoza.
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Mendoza is a wine region, Argentina. We track 639 of its wines in stock at 97 shops, from 70 wine houses, from € 5.95; mostly red, white.
- Country
- Argentina
- In our wines
- Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Merlot
- Styles
- Red 506 · White 107 · Sparkling 6 · Rosé 3 · Orange 2 · Dessert 1
- Prices
- from € 5.95 · median € 24.95 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 1,666 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2025 | 31 | € 6.50 | € 15.49 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,725 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2024 | 55 | € 7.95 | € 17.50 | 95.0 (4 wines) | warmdry harvest +0.8 °C · 1,715 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2023 | 71 | € 8.65 | € 22.14 | 94.0 (5 wines) | hot +1.3 °C · 1,822 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2022 | 65 | € 12.71 | € 26.90 | 94.9 (13 wines) | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,537 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2021 | 56 | € 12.50 | € 35.64 | 94.7 (13 wines) | averagewet ±0.0 °C · 1,559 GDD · 156 % rain |
| 2020 | 47 | € 9.95 | € 40.14 | 93.3 (4 wines) | hot +1.1 °C · 1,782 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2019 | 38 | € 6.53 | € 89.15 | 98.3 (3 wines) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,533 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2018 | 32 | € 6.68 | € 60.62 | 97.5 (4 wines) | warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,647 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2017 | 15 | € 16.99 | € 89.00 | 93.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,538 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2016 | 15 | € 18.72 | € 97.00 | 97.0 (1 wine) | coldwet −1.7 °C · 1,232 GDD · 195 % rain |
| 2015 | 7 | € 9.36 | € 10.70 | – | warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 1,698 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2014 | 2 | € 50.84 | € 73.92 | – | averagewetdry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,518 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 2013 | 9 | € 48.04 | € 97.00 | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,447 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,663 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2011 | 2 | € 60.21 | € 73.59 | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,530 GDD · 55 % rain |
| 2010 | 2 | € 26.75 | € 80.19 | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,633 GDD · 52 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.3 °C · 1,812 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2008 | 1 | € 82.56 | € 82.56 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,470 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,507 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,590 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.9 °C · 1,360 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 2004 | 1 | € 107.68 | € 107.68 | 96.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.9 °C · 1,740 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2003 | 1 | € 15.38 | € 15.38 | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,623 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,501 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,500 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 1,356 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,597 GDD · 64 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.4 °C · 1,262 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,589 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,572 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,596 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,558 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,590 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,465 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,662 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,613 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,815 GDD · 34 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,598 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.1 °C · 1,778 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.6 °C · 1,680 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,394 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,629 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,430 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,496 GDD · 99 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Mendoza's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the region. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
El Enemigo Wines 39 · Catena 36 · Catena Zapata 29 · Viña Cobos 20 · Per Se Vines 19 · Zuccardi 17 · Domaine Bousquet 16 · Enrique Mendoza 15 · Pascual Toso 13 · Kaiken 13 · Gouguenheim Winery 12 · Achaval Ferrer 11 · Rutini 10 · Piedra Negra 9 · Criado Wines 9 · Altos 9
Uco Valley 129 · Luján de Cuyo 19 · Maipú 14