The Winery Alta Cima of Lontue Valley of Central Valley

Winery Alta Cima
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 5 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Lontue Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Alta Cima is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Lontue Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alta Cima wines

Looking for the best Winery Alta Cima wines in Lontue Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alta Cima wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Alta Cima wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Alta Cima

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alta Cima

How Winery Alta Cima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails, smoked salmon pasta gratin or lamb chops with honey and spices.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alta Cima

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alta Cima. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, blackberry or pepper and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alta Cima. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alta Cima

  • 2003With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.74/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alta Cima.

  • Carménère
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Lontue Valley

Southern sub-zone of the Curicó Valley (central Chile): signature Cabernet Sauvignon as red king — deep robe with notes of blackcurrant, black cherry, plum, blackberry, tobacco and spices, firm tannins and balanced structure. Sauvignon Blanc as white king — fresh and expressive with vivid notes of citrus, herbs and a mineral touch. Chardonnay, Merlot, Carmenère, Pinot and Syrah in support. Mediterranean climate, limestone-volcanic-clay-sandy soils, home to Valdivieso and Echeverria.

The top white wines of Winery Alta Cima

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alta Cima

How Winery Alta Cima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of eggs in meurette, salmon steaks with lemon and shallot sauce or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alta Cima

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alta Cima. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or floral and sometimes also flavors of earth, vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alta Cima. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alta Cima

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.58/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alta Cima.

  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Carmenère

Velvety, deep reds with a dark robe and round tannins, showing aromas of blackberry, plum, ripe red pepper, dark chocolate, coffee and gentle spice. Warm, supple finish. Absolute star of Chile (Colchagua, Cachapoal, Maipo) where it was rediscovered in 1994, long confused with Merlot. A historic Bordeaux variety that nearly vanished after phylloxera, a cross of Cabernet Franc × Gros Cabernet.

The top sweet wines of Winery Alta Cima

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Alta Cima

How Winery Alta Cima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of country-style snow peas, red mullet, mackerel, tuna, salmon sushi or pakistani rice (biryani).

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Alta Cima

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.94/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Alta Cima.

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Petit Verdot
  • Carménère
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Ancestral method

A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alta Cima

Planning a wine route in the of Lontue Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alta Cima.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

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