Estancia Colome

The long and bumpy road is worth it! When you reach the Hacienda de Colomé, you enter the precursor to paradise. You are welcomed like a prince by the friendly staff and led to one of the nine suites of the hacienda. The vine wood is already stacked in the fireplace, ready to give you a particularly cozy and warm evening. From the terrace you look out over beautiful vineyards. There are four signposted hiking trails. We hike through the vines, pass a tennis court in a small forest and enjoy the unique peace of the surroundings. In the evening there is a well-guided tour of the bodega, followed by a wine tasting. The highlight, however, is the visit to the James Turrell Museum with its incredible light installations. James Turrell is an American artist who became known for his spatial light installations. Later, everyone meets in the library for an aperitif; the exquisite three-course menu that follows is an experience in itself. The management and staff of the estancia do everything to pamper the guest during their stay here. Guests will find everything they could expect from a luxury stay; the internet also works perfectly because the hotel has invested a lot in guaranteeing guests fast internet via satellite connection. This is not a given in the isolated valley. We would like to send special thanks to Connie Bearzi, who organized a taxi for us to travel to Cafayate and gave us valuable tips for the rest of the trip.

Truly in the middle of nowhere! but definitly worth it. The drive from Cafayate is not that far in terms of distance but it's 4 to 5 hours of a very difficult drive on dirt roads in mediocre condition but the scenery is definitely worth the effort: stunning and beautiful. A fair part of the Argentinian road system (this is a National Road!) reminds me of my travels in Central Africa... Estancia Colome is a beautiful place and the rooms are most spacious and comfortable, perfectly equipped (the only hotel in our Argentinian tour providing a Nespresso machine in the rooms!), with a door to the beautiful garden with a very nice swimming pool hidden in the middle of the garden. Beautiful spacious bathroom, very well equipped (the only thing missing is a bathtub). The wine tour and the museum visit were done with a very charming young lady, Sabrina, who is amazingly knowledgeable about wines and considering I have teached wine I can judge. Sabrina was also overlooking our dinner which proved to be a very pleasant experience. The museum has nothing to do with wine but is quite impressing. We just regretted our stay was for one night only and would recommend this place to anybody. I will only point I regret on the wine side: the tasting is only on 4 wines when the estate produces wines from approximately 10 varietals and there is no possibility to taste anything else but Torrontes or Malbec: it would definitely be a good idea to be equipped with a Coravin type of sytem allowing connaisseurs to sample more varietals.

Just had a wonderful couples visit to La Colomé Bodega. Daniel gave us a tour of the winery on horse back which included photo stops and what great scenery and dramatic landscape with the backdrop of the Andes and Nevada Cachi. Elena my horse was a sweetheart, didn’t need much coaxing to go the right way! Connie, the manager and her team were brilliant and incredibly thoughtful, due to our unusually very early check out admin was done early afternoon and lunchboxes for breakfast provided for the 4.5 hour drive back to Salta and what a drive, fabulous. We were here for the wine. Sabrina gaves us a great tour of the estate, The James Turrell art museum and conducted a very interesting wine tasting session. Colomé surpassed all our expectations, I hope to return at some point, and will be recommending to all my friends.

A very luxurious retreat. Very serene and peaceful atmosphere “at the edge of the world”. The rooms are spacious, tastefully decorated and well appointed. They are partly situated around a cosy patio. The public areas are immaculately clean and beautiful. Dinner and breakfast are excellent and so is the wine tasting. The James Turrell museum that is part of the complex is beyond imagination. It can rival with a Guggenheim! Beautiful pool on the winery grounds between the vineyards. Very very highly recommended. An extraordinary place. How lucky that we could be guests here for two nights.

Everything is amazing here. Better if you come with a good driver ((Andeschallenge). Because the road takes time and it is not always easy. But Colomé deserves the effort. It is a kind of luxurious oasis with plenty of kind people looking after you. We loved the experience Colomé, enjoyed wine tasting and have been amazed by James Thurell Museum. Diner was delicious, and also brakfast. Unforgettable evening watching the stars and the vineyards. We loved.

This is a beautiful hotel located in a stunning setting. The rooms are of a high standard, well appointed, spacious and all with lovely views. Other amenities include a library, sitting room, pool table, table tennis room, gymnasium and a large swimming pool set amongst the vines. Food, service, and of course, the wine is of a high standard. So why did we not give this a score of 5 ? This is one of Argentina's pre-eminent wineries and a "must visit" wine tourism destination in the North of the country. Its location makes it difficult to get to and necessitates a drive of several hours along remote dirt roads. In fact, this was our third attempt at getting to Colome, having previously been defeated by a broken down hire car and Covid. Simply put, any visitor to Colome is almost certain to have more than a passing interest in the wine. Any booking now includes a wine tour and tasting followed by a visit to the James Turrell museum and then a welcome drink and canapés followed by dinner. A great sounding package. Unfortunately, this is organised literally as a "package" experience for all guests present at the hotel. We all dutifully gathered as requested at reception and were then asked to choose our menu selections for dinner. With only two copies of the menu, and 8 couples this all proved rather confusing and chaotic. Menus chosen, we embarked on a tour of the estate and the vines whilst our guide explained the history of the vineyards and viticulture. Unfortunately, this explanation was given, in 2 languages, whilst we were all walking down the gravel paths. With a party of 16 it was simply not possible to hear all that was said, and it all felt unnecessarily rushed. We arrived at the tasting room (no tour of the winery itself and little discussion of the winemakers methods), which was set out for our tasting, overlooking the vineyards and peaks of the Andes in the distance. The guided tasting itself consisted of 3 wines, which were all well explained to us. However, there was no discussion of other wines produced in the Colome range and no time to look at the material on display as we were herded off to the James Turrell museum. The museum itself is quite an experience, and as someone who would not generally go out of their way to visit an art gallery, I was very impressed and would recommend it. However, packaging it in this way as part of the wine tour / art / dinner experience creates an unnecessarily "herded" feeling. The final exhibit at the museum requires it to occur at dusk and we then made our way back to the hotel, through the vineyards in the dark across uneven terrain. Ok for those with sure footing and night vision, but not easy for some. It was then straight on to the next part of the package- no time to return to the room. The welcome drink, canapés, dinner and wine were all excellent and beautifully served by the hospitality team. But why is it necessary for everyone to dine at the same time? Even with individ