Argentina - Iguazu (The Falls) and Ushuaia (The End of the World)

Wrapping up our Argentina segment on wines we leave you with two extreme parting shots: Iguazu Falls and Ushuaia.

Iguazu Falls (Argentina/Brazil border)

We visited Iguazu Falls for two nights and one day. To make things as simple as possible we opted to stay at the Sheraton on the park grounds. This afforded us the opportunity to be the first to set foot on the park in the morning and the last to leave at night. Frankly, you only need 1 night and 1 day to cover the park.

The falls are impressive and we would recommend this as a good side trip from Buenos Aires.

The Sheraton wasn't bad. In fact, the spa facilities and outdoor pool were good. Rooms needed some serious updating. Food.... Well it was ok. Wines. Some nice options and fair prices.

Angelica Zapata 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon - Another Argentine market wine from Catena Zapata. We really enjoyed this with steak. Plenty of legs on this wine and probably could use another few years in the cellar. We paid USD45 for this at the restaurant. At the winery, this would have run approximately USD30. As with the Catena Zapata blog post, I believe these are excellent wines for the value. In this case, QPR Mid-High and cellar for another 5 years.

San Pedro de Yacochuya 2007 Vino Tinto - Malbec (85%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (15%). From the Salta region, this is a Michel Rolland product. The vineyards sit at 2000 meters which is pretty damn high. We paid USD25 at dinner for this bottle. They also offered the Reserva version for USD43. This was a big wine at 15.7% alcohol. Very fruit forward and full bodied. But a good wine. Easy to drink. QPR High (if you can find it in the US).

Ushuaia (The End of the World)

We left Argentina for good via a cruise around Cape Horn and onto Punta Arenas, Chile. Our embarkation point was in Ushuaia, Argentina. This is the southern most city on earth and is more commonly referred to as 'The End of the World'. Here we stayed one night at nice B&B, Tierra de Leyendas, owned by a french chef and his wife. The food was very good and the wine list offered some nice odds and ends.

Angelica Zapata 2002 Chardonnay - As expected, full of oak. Very similar to the 2005 we tasted at the winery in Mendoza. The wine had aged well and drank nicely. QPR High (but you won't find it in the US).

Recap:

Hotels

Sheraton Iguazu Falls, On the park grounds, Worth it for 1 or 2 nights

Tierra de Leyendas, Good B&B, Best Spot in Ushuaia

Wines

Angelica Zapata 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, QPR Mid-High

San Pedro de Yacochuya 2007 Vino Tinto, QPR High

Angelica Zapata 2002 Chardonnay, QPR High