The best wines of Maule Valley

Discover the best wines of Maule Valley of Central Valley as well as the best winemakers of Maule Valley and estates of Maule Valley to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Maule Valley and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Maule Valley by region

Looking for a good wine of Maule Valley of Central Valley among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Maule Valley. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Maule Valley with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Maule Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Maule Valley

Red wines from the region of Maule Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, pasta with parmesan cream and ham or axoa from espelette ( 22nd meeting ).

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Maule Valley

On the nose the red wine of the region of Maule Valley. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, mint or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Maule Valley. is a powerful.

The best vintages in red wine of Maule Valley

  • 2002With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.22/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Maule Valley

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Carménère
  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Carignan
  • Merlot

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Maule Valley

A wine route planned in the region of Maule Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Maule Valley.

Discovering the wine region of Maule Valley

Maule Valley is the largest wine-producing region in Chile other than the Central Valley, of which it is a Part. It has 75,000 acres (30,000ha) under Vine, and has traditionally been associated with quantity rather than quality. But this is rapidly changing – the bulk-producing Pais vine is gradually being replaced with more international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère, and careful winemaking practices are being employed to make some world-class red wines from old-vine Carignan. The Central Valley itself runs between the Andes and the Coastal Mountains from the Chilean capital of Santiago in the North to the up-and-coming region of Bío Bío in the South.

The Maule Valley stretches for around 60 miles (100km), and the Center of its wine production Lies 180 miles (290km) south of Santiago at a latitude of 35°S. Maule is further south than the Central Valley's star regions of Maipo and Colchagua. The large amount of land covered by the Maule Valley DO (Denominación de Origen) means there is a multitude of terroirs, from low-lying river valleys to Andean hillsides. Maule Valley was one of the first areas in Chile to be planted to vine, and its viticultural history stretches back to the start of colonisation by the Spanish.

The region has Long been one of Chile's most successful bulk-production wine districts, as evidenced by the large amount of Pais still found planted here. It has only been in the past 20 years that Maule vignerons have made a move toward quality, pioneered by the Kendall-Jackson empire of California, which set up a winery here in the mid-1990s. Despite this push toward modernity, some of Maule's better throwbacks have survived – the region is fast becoming known for some 70-year-old Carignan vines that are being used to produce Soft, earthy red wines with Richplum and black-fruit characters. One of the more southern of Chile's wine-growing areas, Maule is slightly cooler than its northerly cousins and has higher annual rainfall, most of which occurs during winter.

Great white wines of Maule Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Maule Valley

White wines from the region of Maule Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of pike dumplings with shrimp sauce, nanie's diced ham quiche or goat cheese and caramelized leek muffins.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Maule Valley

On the nose the white wine of the region of Maule Valley. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, lemon or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Maule Valley. is a powerful.

The best vintages in white wine of Maule Valley

  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.87/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Maule Valley

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Chasselas
  • Muscat of Alexandria
  • Moscato

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Maule Valley

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Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Great sparkling wines of Maule Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Maule Valley

Sparkling wines from the region of Maule Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of grenadins of veal with ceps, pork colombo or duck breast with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Maule Valley

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Maule Valley. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Maule Valley

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Maule Valley

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pais
  • Tinta del Pais
  • Sémillon

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Maule Valley

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The word of the wine: Grape

Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.

Great pink wines of Maule Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Maule Valley

Pink wines from the region of Maule Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal chops au gratin, basque piperade or paella valenciana (without seafood).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Maule Valley

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Maule Valley. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Maule Valley

  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.55/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Maule Valley

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan
  • Pais
  • Mourvedre
  • Pinot Noir
  • Grenache

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Maule Valley

A wine route planned in the region of Maule Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Maule Valley.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Great sweet wines of Maule Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Maule Valley

Sweet wines from the region of Maule Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of rabbit in sauce, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or lamb kebab.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Maule Valley

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Maule Valley. often reveals types of flavors of peach, jam or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of the region of Maule Valley. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Maule Valley

  • 2020With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.10/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Maule Valley

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Moscato
  • Torrontés
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Maule Valley

A wine route planned in the region of Maule Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Maule Valley.

The word of the wine: Jeroboam

Bottle with a capacity of 5 litres.

News from the vineyard of Maule Valley

World wine production to fall in 2021 as extreme weather hits Europe

World wine production in 2021 is set to fall by 4% versus last year, to around 250 million hectolitres (mhl), equal to 25bn litres and close to the historic low witnessed in 2017, the International Organisation for Vine & Wine (OIV) has estimated. Its figures are preliminary, but they highlight the ‘severe impact’ of ‘adverse climatic conditions’ on the 2021 vintage in parts of Europe, said OIV director-general Paul Roca during a virtual press conference. Europe’s big ...

DO Montsant increases transparency

The focus is upon a new series of back label additions which will be: Viticultor – Elaborador: viticulturist/winemaker aka vigneron Embotellador – Elaborador: bottler Comercialitzadora: commercial wine agent aka negociant Work on these changes began at their 15th anniversary back in 2016 and has been ongoing since. Despite this length of time, part of their introduction has clearly been spurned by the recent wine fraud case wherein hundreds of thousands of their (and other locals DO’s) bac ...

Majestic rejoins Bordeaux en primeur with 2021-vintage offers

Majestic has this week announced its re-entry on the Bordeaux en primeur scene, starting with 2021-vintage offers on a range of big names, including First Growths Châteaux Lafite Rothschild, Haut-Brion, Mouton and Margaux. Its list also includes Cos d’Estournel, Palmer, Calon Ségur, Les Carmes Haut-Brion, Cheval Blanc, Angélus, Canon and La Fleur-Pétrus, among others. Wines were being offered per single bottle or in six-bottle cases, all in bond, showed the retailer’s brochure. Fine wine m ...

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