Andrew Jefford: ‘Luján de Cuyo is comforting, nourishing, maternal’

Wine writer Andrew Jefford argues that while Argentina's Uco Valley is getting all the attention, Luján de Cuyo in Mendoza deserves recognition as a serious quality region in its own right. He describes Luján as having a gentler, more welcoming character with rounder tannins and broader textures—think more Right Bank Bordeaux than the dramatic intensity of Uco. The piece suggests the wine world risks repeating history by overlooking one fine region in favour of the newer, flashier one.