Discover the top 100 best wines of Maipo Valley of Maipo Valley as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Maipo Valley and the best vintages to taste in this region.
"Bordeaux of South America": kingdom of Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon (>50% of plantings). Deep, structured reds with signature notes of ripe blackcurrant, eucalyptus, peppermint, cedar and graphite, firm tannins and long ageing. Also iconic Carmenère (bell pepper, black fruit, spices), round Merlot, fleshy Syrah and fresh Chardonnay. Cradle of icons Almaviva, Don Melchor, Santa Rita.
Mediterranean climate tempered by Pacific breezes. 11,000 ha around Santiago.
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
wines from the region of Maipo Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of navarin of lamb, rack of lamb with antiboise sauce or express chicken skewers with spices.
On the nose in the region of Maipo Valley often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, chocolate or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak. In the mouth in the region of Maipo Valley is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
