Argentina - South America
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Bodegas y Viñedos Jesus Fantelli & Sons is a family corporation. Created in 1974 by Jesus Carlos Fantelli Rodriguez and Ermelinda Lamia Olguin, in Santa Rosa, province of Mendoza, as a fruit and viticulture operation. As time went by, their sons and daughters Maria Mercedes, Beatriz and Carlos also joined the firm, as well as Cecilia Vargas and Xavier Moreno Ventas. The winery's construction began in 1979, and from that moment on it has been in constant evolution. In 1993, in order to respond to international markets requirements, an important technological updating was undertaken, using state-of-the-art cooling equipment, filters, stainless steel and oak barrels and many other modern technological methods. At
present, it has a storage capacity of The goal of this growing winery is to produce a complete line of viticulture products. In order to reach that goal, we are growing high quality varietals, improving the harvesting systems and incorporating techniques and incorporating techniques that allow the production of super premium wines, contributing to the growing reputation of Argentine wines both nationally and internationally.
Location: Santa Rosa is located at the East side of Mendoza, at 33 Southern latitude and 1,920 feet over the sea level. It has deep sandy soils, watered by the Tunuyan River, which begins at the Andes Mountains, 50 miles away. Surface watering is supplemented with underground water irrigation. The region's micro climate is clean and sunny, features that make it possible to obtain almost perfect grapes and conditions that make it almost unnecessary to apply chemical treatments. That is the reason why the winery has given its products the name "Los Vinos del Sole" (Sun's wines). This
region also has excellent conditions for growing the different
varieties of red grapes, among them Syrah, Malbec and Cabernet
Sauvignon, as well as white grapes as Torrontés, Chenin,
and especially, Muscadel. The whiter grapes, due to favorable
weather, are harvested under excellent conditions, saving all
of their potential aroma and flavor. This allows making high quality
wines internationally considered amount the best in the world. |
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