Incredible Wine Tour in Chile ???? This is Maipo Valley ???????? The Best Wine Tour in Chile.
An absolute must do thing while in Santiago, Chile is go on a wine tour! Just outside of Santiago, you’ll find the Maipo Valley, which is one the major wine producing regions of Chile.
A big thanks to Turistik ( for sending us on a wine tour to Santa Rita Winery that included bike riding through the vineyards, and a wine tasting.
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ABOUT MAIPO VALLEY
Maipo Valley is the closest Chilean wine region to Santiago, the capital city of Chile. It extends eastwards from the city to the Andes and westward to the coast, stretching south toward the towns and subzones of Padre Hurtado, Peñaflor, Talagante, Isla de Maipo and Melipilla.
The valley includes over 7,302 acres of vineyards, more than half of which are dedicated to producing Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet blends. It is a historic wine-producing region and the birthplace of the Chilean wine industry, with vines growing there for the past 150 years.
The Maipo Valley can be divided in three sub-regions: Alto Maipo, Central Maipo, and Pacific Maipo.
ABOUT SANTIAGO
Santiago, Chile’s capital and largest city, sits in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped Andes and the Chilean Coast Range. Plaza de Armas, the grand heart of the city’s old colonial core, is home to 2 neoclassical landmarks: the 1808 Palacio de la Real Audiencia, housing the National History Museum, and the 18th-century Metropolitan Cathedral. La Chascona is the home-turned-museum of poet Pablo Neruda.
ABOUT CHILE
Chile is a long, narrow country stretching along South America's western edge, with more than 6,000km of Pacific Ocean coastline. Santiago, its capital, sits in a valley surrounded by the Andes and Chilean Coast Range mountains. The city's palm-lined Plaza de Armas contains the neoclassical cathedral and the National History Museum. The massive Parque Metropolitano offers swimming pools, a botanical garden and zoo.
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Maipo Travel eco wine adventures
Reprentative Maipo Travel eco wine adventure!
Told by a very special friend, gastronomy expert and inveterate traveler who came to enjoy our experiences: Jakob Polaco de spicevagrant.com
If you are in Santiago de Chile or you intend to come and want to make the most of the Maipo Valley and the experience in its wineries, we encourage you to get in touch with us: info@maipo.travel maipovalleywinetours.com
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Santa Ema Video Corporativo Felix Pavone y Cataina Moreno
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Anka 2008 Red Blend, Pargua, Maipo Valley
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Ep 243: Maipo Valley of Chile - Top Cabernet We Can Afford!
Is there still a place where you can get top wines of a region for an affordable price? YES! The Maipo Valley of Chile has some of the best Bordeaux-style reds & Cabernet Sauvignon in the world. You'll learn all about what's here, including top producers.
Show notes...
The overview...
First we give an overview of the Maipo, also known as the 'Bordeaux of South America', where rich, fruity Cabernet Sauvignon is its most celebrated wine style. Maipo's location: just south of the capital of Chile, Santiago Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon is king but also some Carménère, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc Chile's Cabernet Advantages: low costs, lack of vine pests (we mention phylloxera, if you don't know what it is, here's a great link to learn more about this vine-killing pest) and diseases and its dependably dry, warm summers with plentiful and regular supply of water from the melted snow of the Andes.
We dig into climate, soil, and geography...
Geography: The area is at the northern end of Chile's Central Valley. Sandwiched between the Coastal Range in the west and the Andes Mountains in the east Climate: Mediterranean with lots of sub-regions Soils: Sandy and gravel to the east, more clay to the west. Colluvial (sedimentary rock from mountains), alluvial (sedimentary rock deposited by rivers) We talk History...
First vineyards in 1540s In 1800s viticulture expanded as entrepreneurial Chileans, rich from mineral mining traveled to France, returned home and made grand wine estates in the French style: Cousiño Macul, Concha Y Toro and Santa Rita founded then Much for the 20th was a slow down in quality and consumption By the mid 1990s: international interest, investment in modern equipment and vineyard techniques has made Maipo's Cabernet, especially, a global superstar
Dork out: Subregions
There are three: Alto Maipo, Central Maipo and Maipo Bajo. Alto is the most famed. Alto Maipo (or Upper Maipo) Most prestigious of Maipo's viticultural areas. Sub-areas: Macul, Puente Alto, Pirque, Alto Jahuel and Huelquén -- some of the world's best Cabernet Can have a minty or eucalyptus note Puente Alto and Pirque are top areas of the Alto Maipo (like Pauillac in Bordeaux). Pirque South of Puente Alto, and the differences between these two regions is small Colluvial, volcanic soils --free-draining, stony nature, Dry area -- stresses the vines, more-concentrated berries with good tannin Puente Alto -- most expensive Cabernet in Chile Alluvial soil means lower vigor, concentrated berries. Tannin with minerality Top Wines: Concha y Toro Don Melchor ($125); Concha y Toro-Mouton Rothschild joint venture, Almaviva ($140); Santa Rita Casa Real ($85) and Errazuriz’s Viñedo Chadwick ($400, The Berlin Tasting of 2004 put it against Chateaux Lafite, Latour and Margaux of Bordeaux and Italians Sassicaia and Tignanello. 36 European judges voted Vinedo Chadwick as the top wine) Central Maipo (sometimes called Maipo Medio) Warmest and driest of the three Maipo Valley sub-regions, requires drip irrigation Vineyards along the Maipo River, alluvial soils. Soils are more clay-based and fertile -- less-refined wine Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon but Carmenere does well with warmer temps
Maipo Bajo (or lower Maipo) Includes the towns of Isla de Maipo and Talagante More winemaking than viticulture: Undurraga, De Martino, Santa Ema wineries make wines with with grapes from all over the country. Some viticulture near the river, cool breezes so Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc do well here, some Cabernet
What to expect...Maipo Cab flavors
Chilean character: blackcurrant, licorice or herbaceousness. Maipo specifically: herb, eucalyptus with freshness and good acidity, moderate tannins Traditional producers: Carmen, Santa Rita, Concha y Toro and Cousiño Macul. Less conventional producers: Viña Antiyal, Haras de Pirque, El Principal, Portal del Alto.
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Santa Rita Wine
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Andres Sanhueza Enologo de Santa Ema
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Valentines Day Wine Tour in Maipo Valley, Chile
Valentines day wine tour in vineyards Perez Cruz & Santa Rita with an amazing group of people Linda, Pat, Mel, Dawn, Paula & Karen.
Germán Riesco - consejos de Catas - Undurraga
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Documental Undurraga
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Queulat Single Vineyard - Carmenère - 2009 - Maipo Valley - Tom Cannavan's -
Wine tasting of Maipo Valley wine. For more information about wine tourism and wine tours in Maipo Valley:
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Full Day Wine Tour Maipo Valley
Full Day Wine tour in Maipo Valley with Margot and Larry in vineyards Odfjell and Undurraga.
Matt Cain, Yellow + Blue Wines, tasting organic Sauvignon Blanc in Isla de Maipo Chile
Matt gets ready to taste 2009 Organic Sauvignon Blanc in the tasting room of DeMartino Winery in Isla de Maipo, Chile. First, the winemaker discusses organic certification.
Full Day Wine Tour Maipo Valley
Sandra, Mike and Randall wine tasting in vineyards Perez Cruz, Santa Rita and Concha y Toro
Vídeo Corporativo - Eduardo Solminihac - VineConnections
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