And as Delmotte said, that was 14 years
ago. Since then, he has been very busy.
“What I really like, is that I am part of the
project since almost day one. So we grow
together with Colomé with all the success
and all the failure. When we started
the project in 2001, there were only
10ha(hectares) of old vineyard at 2.300
meters. Now we have 150 ha between
1.800 and 3.111 meters. For us, it was a
very exciting challenge to start this project
from almost nothing. We are pioneers
and doing one of the highest wine in the
world is very exciting. “ Indeed. Exciting
and very impressive. “We are now one of
the most successful winery in Argentina!
Our first challenge, and the one we have
to have in mind everyday: maintain the
quality and the level of demand. But in
the same time we can’t stop innovating,
looking for new vineyard management,
new winemaking process, etc…It is not
easy to keep reinventing yourself after so
long time and already so much success.”
But there are other challenges as well.
Colomé is very unique winery that
includes four estates at four different
altitudes. 1.800 meters (6.000 feet), 2.300
meters (7.500 feet), 2.600 meters (8.500
feet) and 3.111 meters (10.200 feet), “one
of the highest vineyard in the world!”
Bodega Colomé
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