An 18-villa Relais & Châteaux on a working Malbec vineyard in Luján de Cuyo — opened 2005 — with private rooftop terraces, fireplaces, and Argentina's most decorated wine-region hotel programme.
"Eighteen detached villas on a working Malbec vineyard, each with a private rooftop terrace facing the Andes. Cecilia and Martín Díaz have run the property as a family operation since 2005. The unambiguous Argentina wine-country booking."
Cavas Wine Lodge opened on 12 December 2005 as the personal project of Argentine hotelier Cecilia Díaz Chuit and her husband Martín Díaz Chuit on a 14-hectare working vineyard in the Alto Agrelo subregion of Luján de Cuyo — the principal Malbec-producing department of Mendoza, 22 kilometres south of central Mendoza city. The architectural commission was Argentine architect Ricardo Mainero with interior architecture by Buenos Aires designer Maria Mendizábal; the brief was 18 detached single-storey adobe-and-clay villas arrayed across the vineyard, each with a private fireplace, a private plunge pool, and a private rooftop terrace facing west toward the Andes. The property entered Relais & Châteaux in 2008 and has held the designation continuously — it is one of three Relais & Châteaux properties in Argentina.
The 18 villas are uniformly configured at 95 square metres each, with no suite-level differentiation — every guest experience is the same villa product, deliberately. Each villa includes the bedroom (with king-size bed, fireplace and floor-to-ceiling Andes-facing window), bathroom (travertine and oxide-finish), private plunge pool (4 metres, heated year-round), private outdoor sitting area with grill, and a private rooftop terrace. Bath products are local La Vialé Mendoza-made botanicals. The property's tasting cellar holds 4,500 bottles, with deep verticals on Malbec from Catena Zapata, Achaval-Ferrer, Rutini, Salentein, Pulenta and Bodega Norton — the principal Mendoza estates within 30 minutes' drive of the lodge.
The dining programme is the headline operational layer. The Restaurant runs a five-course set dinner each evening, with Argentine-Mediterranean register from chef Adriana Pirovano (the Mendoza-born chef who has held the Cavas kitchen since 2007) and a wine-pairing programme that includes 6 to 8 different Mendoza wines per evening — the property runs the most ambitious wine-pairing programme of any Argentine wine-region hotel. Lunch is on the vineyard terrace; afternoon-empanada-and-wine service is included as the included aperitivo register. The Spa Cavas runs four treatment rooms with the local-Mendoza-Malbec-grape-marc treatment programme. The lodge runs daily winery-visits with a private guide programme.
The Luján de Cuyo position is the booking proposition. From the lodge it is 22 kilometres / 30 minutes by car to central Mendoza city, 25 minutes to Mendoza International Airport (MDZ), 15 minutes to Catena Zapata winery, 12 minutes to Achaval-Ferrer, and 35 minutes to the Uco Valley wineries (Salentein, Pulenta, Bodega Atamisque). The lodge runs a complimentary daily shuttle to central Mendoza twice a day. For travellers wanting the unambiguous Argentina wine-country booking — particularly for honeymoons, milestone anniversaries and wellness retreats centred on wine — Cavas Wine Lodge is the right answer. The Vines Resort is the Uco Valley alternative; Cavas is the Luján de Cuyo answer.
A villa with the private plunge pool, fireplace, and rooftop Andean line of sight; dinner with the wine-pairing programme; a private winery-visit day with the property's guide. The unambiguous Argentina-wine-country honeymoon booking.
A milestone-anniversary booking that prioritises the wine-country and the Relais service register. Five-day stay with private dinner-for-two on the rooftop and the full Cavas wine-pairing programme.
For the slow-Mendoza booking centred on the Spa Cavas Malbec-marc programme, the daily yoga on the vineyard terrace, and the unrushed villa rhythm, this is the right base.
Costaflores s/n, Alto Agrelo
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza 5509
Argentina
Central Mendoza 30 min by car (complimentary shuttle); Catena Zapata 15 min; Achaval-Ferrer 12 min; Uco Valley wineries 35 min; Mendoza Airport (MDZ) 25 min by car
18 uniformly-sized villas at 95 m²
Cavas Villa from $580/night
(Includes breakfast, afternoon empanadas-and-wine, fireplace fuel)
Wine-pairing dinner: $90 supplement
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Opened 12 December 2005
Relais & Châteaux since 2008 — Argentina's principal wine-region property
The Restaurant (5-course set dinner with wine pairing)
Vineyard terrace lunch programme
Afternoon empanadas and wine (5 PM)
4,500-bottle Mendoza wine cellar
Spa Cavas with Malbec-grape-marc programme
Private winery-visit guide programme
14-hectare working Malbec vineyard
From $580/night. With only 18 villas, the high-season period (October–April) books six to nine months ahead. Wine-pairing dinner reservations recommended at booking.
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