Alicia Arizu established Viña Alicia in 1996. With 25 years of research in both viticulture and winemaking, she dedicated herself to creating Mendoza’s most elegant wines from vineyards that have been in her family for 3 generations.
Located in Mendoza’s Lujan de Cuyo, Viña Alicia is surrounded by a 10-hectare vineyard with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot grapes, and some vines that are rarely found in Argentina, such as Nebbiolo, Grenache Noir, and Carignan. Although the winery has a 50,000 liters production capacity, it only commercializes 30,000 bottles and around 80.000 bottles for both Paso de Piedra per year.
Viña Alicia Currently enjoys the international prestige and recognition of the most outstanding personalities of the wine world. Viña Alicia has two vineyards: "San Alberto" and "Viña Alicia" in Lujan de Cuyo.
The geographical location, the type of soil, and the regional climate place these lands among the world's most wanted lands. Climate is a template, Mediterranean, dry, and the scarce rainfalls (180 mm, annual average) add up to the ideal conditions for vine growing. The soil origin is alluvial and has a loam-silty to a sandy texture. Water for irrigation comes from the snow break in the high mountains of the Los Andes mountain range, through a unique irrigation system in the world.
According to the actual growing needs in terms of frequency and quantity, all these benefits plus water management make Lujan de Cuyo the first viticulture zone in Argentina.
Located in Mendoza’s Lujan de Cuyo, Viña Alicia is surrounded by a 10-hectare vineyard with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot grapes, and some vines that are rarely found in Argentina, such as Nebbiolo, Grenache Noir, and Carignan. Although the winery has a 50,000 liters production capacity, it only commercializes 30,000 bottles and around 80.000 bottles for both Paso de Piedra per year.
Viña Alicia Currently enjoys the international prestige and recognition of the most outstanding personalities of the wine world. Viña Alicia has two vineyards: "San Alberto" and "Viña Alicia" in Lujan de Cuyo.
The geographical location, the type of soil, and the regional climate place these lands among the world's most wanted lands. Climate is a template, Mediterranean, dry, and the scarce rainfalls (180 mm, annual average) add up to the ideal conditions for vine growing. The soil origin is alluvial and has a loam-silty to a sandy texture. Water for irrigation comes from the snow break in the high mountains of the Los Andes mountain range, through a unique irrigation system in the world.
According to the actual growing needs in terms of frequency and quantity, all these benefits plus water management make Lujan de Cuyo the first viticulture zone in Argentina.
