Wine region
Salta
Salta is a wine region in Argentina, home to 53 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Cafayate.
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Salta's 53 wineries produce predominantly red wine; Malbec is the most common single-grape bottling.
About the Salta region
- Location
- Salta’s most important wine-production area lies in the Calchaquí Valleys, with Cafayate as the province’s principal production centre and vineyards extending through departments including Cafayate, San Carlos, Angastaco and Molinos.
- Climate
- Salta’s principal Calchaquí Valleys wine area has a dry, temperate high-altitude climate, with hot days, cooler nights, strong solar exposure and generally scarce rainfall.
- Soils
- Vineyard soils in Salta’s high Calchaquí Valleys production area are described as relatively poor and stony, with sandy-loam material formed from coarse grains, gravel and fine surface sands.
Region facts sourced from Wikipedia contributors, “Ruta del vino de Salta”, revision 171814862 dated 31 January 2026, retrieved 2026-07-14. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Most common single-grape wines
When Salta wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Malbec
- 12 single-grape wines
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- 5 single-grape wines
- Tannat
- 2 single-grape wines
- Chardonnay
- 1 single-grape wine
- Merlot
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
Salta is predominantly a red-wine region (about 70% of its wines).
204 distinct Salta wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- Red142 · 70%
- White57 · 28%
- Rose5 · 2%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Salta wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Estancia Los Cardones — Tigerstone Garnacha
- Bodega Isasmendi — Isasmendi Assemblage
- Bodega Herrero Cerezo — Reserve Malbec
- Matervini — Piedras Viejas
- Bodega Tacuil — 33 De Davalos
- El Porvenir — Laborum de Parcela Tannat
- Filus — Torrontes
- Matervini — Alteza Malbec
Sub-regions & appellations
Within Salta, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:
- Cafayate
- Cachi
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
Explore Salta
Ways to browse Salta — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 204 wines tracked above):
- Red Salta (68)
- White Salta (29)
FAQs
- Where is Salta?
- Salta’s most important wine-production area lies in the Calchaquí Valleys, with Cafayate as the province’s principal production centre and vineyards extending through departments including Cafayate, San Carlos, Angastaco and Molinos.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Salta?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Salta wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Salta?
- The current regional catalogue contains 204 linked wines from 53 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.