The Winery Viña Chocalán is one of the world's great estates. It offers 59 wines for sale in of Maule Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Viña Chocalán wines in Maule Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Viña Chocalán 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 Viña Chocalán wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Viña Chocalán wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), pasta alla norma or lamb stew.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Viña Chocalán. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, non oak or floral and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, vegetal or dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Viña Chocalán. is a powerful.
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.
How Winery Viña Chocalán wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of homemade pork curry, grilled sardine fillets or chicken risotto with curry.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Viña Chocalán. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, citrus or earth and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or microbio. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Viña Chocalán. is a powerful.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
How Winery Viña Chocalán wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, leg or shoulder of lamb with honey and thyme or phad thai (thai style fried noodles).
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Viña Chocalán. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit.
Said of a wine that leaves little trace in the mouth after tasting (also called "short in the mouth").
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Carménère is a grape variety of Bordeaux origin. It is the result of a cross between Cabernet Franc and Gros Cabernet. In France, it occupies only about ten hectares, but it is also grown in Chile, Peru, the Andes, California, Italy and Argentina. The leaves of the carmenere are shiny and revolute. Its berries are round and medium-sized. Carménère is susceptible to grey rot, especially in wet autumn. It can also be exposed to the risk of climatic coulure, which is why it is important to grow it on poor soil and in warm areas. Carménère is associated with an average second ripening period. This variety has only one approved clone, 1059. It can be vinified with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It produces a rich, highly coloured wine, which acquires character when combined with other grape varieties.
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Said of a wine that leaves little trace in the mouth after tasting (also called "short in the mouth").
