Bodega Otronia’s extreme winemaking terroir is on the shores of Lake Musters in the heart of the Patagonian desert.
Argentinian winery, Bodega Otronia continues to break the mould with its extreme winemaking terroir and distinctive wines in the Chubut province on the shores of Lake Musters in the heart of the Patagonian desert.
Not only is Otronia the southernmost commercial vineyard and winery in the world, it is also situated at an impressive 45 ’33’ LS, making it one the coldest areas in the world for vine cultivation. And now, Otronia has become the first winery to make ice wine in South America with the memorable 2024 vintage.
‘Ice wine was in all of our minds from the beginning, knowing we were in the southernmost vineyard in the world,’ explains winemaker Juan Pablo Murgia. ‘But we never had an autumn with low enough minimum temperatures that remained constantly below -8C.’
Otronia has become the first winery to make ice wine in South America.
Perfect conditions
The 2024 vintage, however, offered the perfect combination of a good ripening season and a very cold autumn. It was the first vintage to see a significant autumn frost that Murgia and his team could work with — in order to make the ice wine they had dreamed of ever since their first vintage in 2017.
‘I had saved a couple of blocks of Gewürztraminer with some Chardonnay for
