Winery Clos des Fous - Tocao (Granito Paleozoico)

Winery Clos des FousTocao (Granito Paleozoico)

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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 Tocao (Granito Paleozoico) of Winery Clos des Fous is a red wine from the region of Cachapoal Valley of Central Valley.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.
The Tocao (Granito Paleozoico) of the Winery Clos des Fous is in the top 40 of wines of Cachapoal Valley.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Tocao (Granito Paleozoico) of Winery Clos des Fous in the region of Central Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Clos des Fous's Tocao (Granito Paleozoico).

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Last vintages of this wine

Tocao (Granito Paleozoico) - 2014
In the top 40 of of Cachapoal Valley wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Tocao (Granito Paleozoico) - 2013
In the top 40 of of Cachapoal Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Tocao (Granito Paleozoico) - 2012
In the top 40 of of Cachapoal Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Tocao (Granito Paleozoico) from Winery Clos des Fous are 2013, 2012, 2014

Informations about the Winery Clos des Fous

The winery offers 21 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Cachapoal Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Clos des Fous is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Cachapoal Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Central Valley
In the top 600 of of Chile wines
In the top 45 of of Cachapoal Valley wines
In the top 30000 of red wines
In the top 40000 wines of the world

The wine region of Cachapoal Valley

The wine region of Cachapoal Valley is located in the region of Rapel Valley of Central Valley of Chile. Wineries and vineyards like the Viña Vik Winery or the Domaine Lapostolle produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cachapoal Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Carmenère and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cachapoal Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, fig or ripe blackberries and sometimes also flavors of milk chocolate, espresso or baking spice.


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: Sulphiting

Introduction of a sulphurous solution into a must or wine to protect it from accidents or diseases, or to select the ferments.

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