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)
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.