Discover the top 100 best wines of Loncomilla Valley of Maule Valley as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Loncomilla Valley and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Valley at the heart of Chile's Maule Valley DO around San Javier and Villa Alegre (250 km south of Santiago): signature Bordeaux varieties — Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot as ruling reds with red and black fruits (cherry, plum, blackcurrant), meaty, accessible profile. Spicy Carmenère and old-vine Carignan complement, ancestral Pais emerging. Mediterranean climate, tempering Pacific breezes, 20°C diurnal range, long phenolic ripening.
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 Loncomilla Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, chinese noodles with vegetables and spices or normandy style escalope.
