The property is situated in the township of Lujan de Cuyo. Altos Las Hormigas - Ants Heights, mission is to build quality trough a patient work. Ant is the symbol and good luck charm. In Mendoza the winery has found the place where traditional values of wine can be reinvigorated with a modern approach, to produce a unique, contemporary wine. Altos Las Hormigas is about exploring new and old ways of making wine, study tradition, in order to innovate. The working method is the continuous effort to combine the care and dedication together with cosmopolite knowledge of techniques and an eye open on Technological and Scientific advance. The winery believes that wine is produced partly by the talent of nature and partly by the talent of man. Wine can be a very pleasant example of a possible harmony between man and nature.
Winery
| Technical notes |
| During the 15 days fermentation-maceration process the must is pumped and punched down for optimal extraction. The 50% of the wine stays in first use American oak and a 10% in second use French oak. The wine is the bottled without any form of stabilization or filtration, in order to not to alter quality, and is sold after three months of bottle age. Yearly production is about 700,000 bottles. |