According to a study by the Department of Statistics Area Wine, participation in hectoliters of the Valle de Uco grew by 100% and threw in the period March 2001 – March 2007 the highest average price per area. Malbec terroir ratified by that price trend.
Equally, the value of wines and grapes from the Uco Valley are reinforcing the first name area a few years ago it was only held by the wineries located in the upper Rio Mendoza. A report by economists Wine Area shows that wines produced in Valle de Uco not only increased by 100% share of the total number of transactions (analyzed by the Stock Exchange) but recorded a higher average price those from the upper part of the Mendoza River. When analyzing contracts made wine Stock Exchange we can see that between 2000 and March 2007 hectoliters of participation in the Valle de Uco area grew 100% from the total of transactions 7-14%. In return the Eastern and Northern areas saw their share of 39%, the report said. In turn, the conglomerate formed by Tunuyán, Tupungato and San Carlos threw in the analyzed period the highest average price per area. Still, the highest price per hectolitre is recorded in Upper Mendoza River area and lowest in the South. This is because the higher price responds to individual contracts greater value in the area of Luján and Maipú. As for the Malbec, emblematic of Mendoza varietal is also Uco Valley which recorded throughout the evaluation period the highest price per hectolitre of wine, while the South has the lowest value in contracts, according to the study.
The High River Near Mendoza, meanwhile, contains the two extremes. Among its Malbec wines are the lowest and highest market value. The price of Malbec Uco Valley In 2001 the producers of the North of Mendoza sold about 45,000 quintals of grapes Malbec in a price range that went from the $ 121 to $ 150 per quintal. The Uco Valley as marketed in the same period 22,200 quintals of this varietal in the same price range analyzed. Two years later, in 2003, the largest volume of Malbec that marketed both the Uco Valley and departments located in the Upper Zone of the Mendoza River was between $ 91 and $ 120, ie, fell $ 30 in real terms. In many quintals Upper Mendoza River continued to sell almost twice as Valle de Uco. This changed dramatically in 2006 The Malbec grape quintal happened to be worth $ 60 in real terms than in 2004 and $ 30 more than the grapes that sold their competitors Lujan, Maipu and Godoy Cruz. According to a study by Statistics Wine Area in relation to the volume of transactions the evolution Malbec Uco Valley introduced in the last six years is clear. While in 2001 the producers of the Alto Rio Mendoza Uco Valley exceeded in all price ranges, in 2003 this situation began to change. At the level of prices ranging from $ 121 to $ 150 two regions showed parity while in the higher range (over $ 271) the region of Valle de Uco sold a 52% Malbec versus 48% of transactions conducted producers in the North Malbec. At the height of the best The Uco Valley is up to Luján and Maipú, and say that has been losing preponderance Maipú and wines from the Uco Valley are taking every day more important in prices, they held two sources linked to the market operation of Shuttle and bottled wines. We have also seen many investments, especially in the implementation of quality grapes, which has made it more expensive properties. The fact that prices This placed not live up to those paid in the region of the Uco one of the commission said: Sometimes we get very good wines in the East, almost as good as the Valle de Uco lower price. Therefore we say that the market depends on what the customer likes. Data from the Stock Exchange emphasize that there is increasing Shuttle operations came at good prices on wine media, also in the East, but with lower prices paid to producers in the South. In relation to what lies local market next year rescued operators will be a best selling period. We will sell everything we produce. Sure the demand will be even greater than we can produce. Specifically it will sell all that occurs in the 2008 harvest, in their different types of wine, in their different prices, increasing the value of the basic export wines and of course fine wines by the bottle, said one of them. As for prices assessed that they will not improve much. They will improve because it improved the basic price must and wine, but I do not see much future for Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc to. The last two years the Chardonnay and Sauvignon grapes dropped so precipitously and wine alike. Returning to the Valle de Uco predicted that this area will continue to grow in price of wine and grapes, and the outlook is place everything that occurs mainly in basic wines white and red grapes, with stillness productive varieties and prices equal or better in specific items of low production and high quality. What the winemakers of the area José Manuel Ortega Fournier of O. Fournier, emphasized that the reality today is that the Uco Valley is considered a first area and I think by the profile of investors are coming and local producers say the Uco Valley can be considered today as the most fashionable area of Argentina. Regarding the value of grapes and wines indicated that about Lujan de Cuyo and Maipú should be lower because you do not have the external image as the areas around Mendoza. In this also weighs the distance from the capital. When we came to the Valley knew virtually no one on the outside and today more and more specialists talk about this area. With regard to what will happen in the wine region in 2008, he said. It is very difficult to guess because it soon but we can say that the grape is very interesting especially the Tempranillo, with very low and very open clusters. Alejandro Fadel, president of the Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture Tunuyán and owner of The Blue, emphasized that the Uco Valley wines have special consideration because they have different characteristics. More than a question of image wines that are achieved with these grapes are better quality, no offense to the other oasis he said. Asked about parity in selling prices of wines that exists today between Luján and Maipú and Valle de Uco said that while it is true that today there is greater proximity prices noticed a large scatter in the values of wine and grape. Fadel said that just as in Luján noticed a significant increase in the values of Malbec from vineyards where has followed thinning, bud and water stress. In this type of vineyards maybe the Malbec grape kilo reaches $ 2, when generally pay $ 1.10 a kilogram. In this also counts if the vineyard is new or old, if you have a very low production rates are achieved by good kilo of grapes. Fadel says that in addition to the area Malbec Cabernet, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc grapes are valued very well. This also happens with some specific games Sirah. The rest, Bonarda, Merlot and Pedro Jiménez has fallen considerably in recent years. According to the latest statistics we are the largest producers of Merlot Mendoza, so many producers are doing it with white or Malbec grafts emphasized. Gabriela Malizia
Area Wine
