Luján de Cuyo is the district capital of the
Luján de Cuyo Department
Luján de Cuyo is a department located in the northwest of Mendoza Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 104,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Luján de Cuyo, which is located around ...
located in the west of the
Mendoza Province
Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic o ...
of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
. It forms part of the Greater Mendoza metropolitan area.
Wine
It was the first delineated
appellation
An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication primarily used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown, although other types of food often have appellations as well. Restrictions other than geographical bo ...
for the purposes of wine production, recognised by the
International Organisation of Vine and Wine in 1993.
Situated in the upper Mendoza valley, where the river is half-way through its journey from the Andes mountains to the eastern plains, many Lujan de Cuyo vineyards sit at altitudes of around 1000 m (3280 ft). Malbec in particular is successful in Lujan de Cuyo, but the appellation also produces good Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Torrontes. The majority of the vineyards are on alluvial soils; sandy or stony surfaces on clay substrata.
Sport
Asociación Atlético Luján de Cuyo are a football club that currently play in the regionalised
Argentine 3rd division
Notable people
* Oscar Serpa,
tango singer
*
Leonardo Favio
Fuad Jorge Jury (28 May 1938 – 5 November 2012), better known by his stage name Leonardo Favio (), was an Argentine singer, actor and filmmaker. He is considered one of Argentina's best film directors and one of the country's most enduring cul ...
, singer, actor, film director and screenwriter
See also
*
Mendoza wine
External links
Luján de Cuyo city government website
Populated places in Mendoza Province
Cities in Argentina
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