Winery El Principal - Memorias

Winery El PrincipalMemorias

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Memorias of Winery El Principal is a red wine from the region of Maipo Valley of Central Valley.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Petit Verdot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Memorias of the Winery El Principal is in the top 80 of wines of Chile and in the top 20 of wines of Maipo Valley.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Memorias of Winery El Principal in the region of Central Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery El Principal's Memorias.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
15°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Memorias - 2017
In the top 20 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Memorias - 2016
In the top 20 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Memorias - 2015
In the top 20 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Memorias - 2014
In the top 20 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Memorias - 2013
In the top 20 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Memorias - 2012
In the top 20 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Memorias - 2011
In the top 20 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Memorias from Winery El Principal are 2001, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery El Principal

The winery offers 11 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Maipo Valley in the region of Central Valley
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The Winery El Principal is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Maipo Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Central Valley
In the top 85 of of Chile wines
In the top 25 of of Maipo Valley wines
In the top 4000 of red wines
In the top 5500 wines of the world

The wine region of Maipo Valley

Maipo Valley is one of Chile's most important wine-producing regions. Located just South of the capital, Central-valley/maipo-valley/santiago">Santiago, Maipo Valley is home to some of the country's most prestigious wines. It is often described as the 'Bordeaux of South America', and Rich, fruit-driven Cabernet Sauvignon is undoubtedly its most celebrated wine style. Maipo is at the very Northern end of Chile's extensive Central Valley, running from just north of the Rapel Valley up to where the countryside begins to give way to houses and roads in the southern suburbs of Santiago.


The wine region of Central Valley

The Central Valley (El Valle Central) of Chile is one of the most important wine-producing areas in South America in terms of Volume. It is also one of the largest wine regions, stretching from the Maipo Valley (just south of Santiago) to the southern end of the Maule Valley. This is a distance of almost 250 miles (400km) and covers a number of Climate types. The Central Valley wine region is easily (and often) confused with the geological Central Valley, which runs north–south for more than 620 miles (1000km) between the Pacific Coastal Ranges and the lower Andes.

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The word of the wine: Rootstock

American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.

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