The province of Catamarca counts with around 2.200 hectares of vineyards and arbors of table grapes, grape raisins and grapes for common wines and it stops fine wines.
In the east of the Valley of Catamarca, between Tinogasta and Fiambalá, to some 200 kilometers of the frontier with Chile and to around 300 km of the provincial capital, he/she concentrates most of the vineyards and of the cellars, with a surface dedicated to the near fine wine to the 400 hectares.
The climate desértico and the watering for leak favor the development of the wines elaborated with grape syrah and degustar very promising wines is already been able to.
They also stand out the varieties bonarda and cabernet sauvignon, and among the white ones, the torrontés appears as the diffused varietal.
In accordance with the statistics of the National Institute of Vitivinicultura (INV), the county of Catamarca has a total it approaches do of 2.200 hectares of vineyards and arbors dedicated to table grape, raisins of grapes and of vinificación, so much stops common wines as for fine wines.
The few cellars in activity are located fundamentally in the Valley of Fiambalá, of Tinogasta to Fiambalá, on the provincial route 60, to some 200 kilometers of the frontier with Chile and to some 300 kilometers of the capital of the county.
The grapes fine inks represent 15% of the plantations, standing out for their quality the varieties Syrah, Bonarda and Cabernet Sauvignon. Among the white ones, the Torrontés is the diffused varietal.
The watering is carried out for modern systems of leak. The climate is desértico and of an extraordinary sanity. The thermal width, such fundamen to achieve the best quality, is important and it arrives to the 18° C.
The Route of the Adobe in the valley of Fiambalá is also an important reservorio of historical and cultural places from the times of the Spanish empire.
With becoming of the times and the very special quality of their lands and climate, they have been implanted and developed in Catamarca the most important olive groves in the whole country, favored by a strong demand of olives and olive oils, as much for the domestic market as for the export.
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