Discover the top 100 best wines of Cachapoal Valley of Rapel Valley as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Cachapoal Valley and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Chilean Rapel sub-valley, Mediterranean terroir sheltered from the Pacific: signature Carmenere as king red — balanced between ripe cherry, plum and its signature green/spicy pepper, round tannins, preserved structure (Peumo the star sub-zone). Elegant Cabernet Sauvignon on the Andean foothills of Alto Cachapoal (600-900 m): blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, racy acidity. Syrah and Merlot as complement. Gravelly soils east, fertile silt west, hot sheltered climate.
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 Cachapoal Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of fresh sausage, eggplant moussaka with lamb or potjevleesch.
On the nose in the region of Cachapoal Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, red fruit or tobacco. In the mouth in the region of Cachapoal Valley is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
