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Malbec Mendoza Luján de Cuyo vin rouge tranquille
- Origin
- Southwest of France (Cahors)
- Growing regions
- Argentina, France
- Also known as
- Cot, Auxerrois
Malbec from Luján de Cuyo — Argentina’s first district to obtain a Controlled Denomination of Origin, at 900-1100m altitude on the Andean piedmont of Mendoza, on gravel and red clay soils — is the cradle of the great Argentine Malbec.