Argentina · IG (department)
Luján de Cuyo
Appellation
Luján de Cuyo is a IG of Mendoza in Argentina.
Department south of Mendoza city with some of the oldest Malbec vineyards, between about 900 and 1,100 m. It holds one of Argentina's two DOCs.
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Key facts Type IG (department) Within Mendoza Area 486,730 ha outline of the administrative units Centre 33.0059° S, 69.5706° W Legal basis Ley 25.163 (1999) and INV resolutions (C.32/2002, C.37/2002 and later); official INV list of 18 April 2024 plus the 2025 IGs. Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.
Where it is Nearest town 69 km west of Mendoza Nearest city 106 km east of Ñuñoa 255,823 people To the sea 179 km Same latitude Coastal Region (South Africa), Central Ranges (Australia)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 678–6,022 m Mean elevation 2,904 m Measured over the whole outline on 74,907 elevation cells of about 256 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
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Sources geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))
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