Bodega Colome Torrontes

Bodega Colomé was founded in 1831, by the Spanish Governor of Salta, Nicolás Severo de Isasmendi y Echalar. In 1854, his daughter Ascensión, married to José Benjamín Dávalos, brought the first French pre-phylloxera Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon vines to Colomé. The vineyards are located in the upper part of the Calchaquí Valleys, which is considered to be one of the world’s highest  wine growing regions, ranging from 2300 to 3111 metres above sea level. Torrontés is Argentina’s flagship native white grape, which reaches its highest expression in this region. This area has a special micro-climate of great thermal shift and intense solar exposure where grapes develop a unique aromatic expression and are elaborate into fresh wines of great acidity. Elegant and fruity, with bright floral and grapefruit aromas and an underlying hint of spice, this wine owes its intensity of flavor to the effect of high altitude vineyards and a longer growing season.