The Winery Cousiño-Macul of Maipo Valley of Central Valley

Winery Cousiño-Macul
The winery offers 48 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 7 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Maipo Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Cousiño-Macul is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 48 wines for sale in of Maipo Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cousiño-Macul wines

Looking for the best Winery Cousiño-Macul wines in Maipo Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cousiño-Macul 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 Cousiño-Macul wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul

How Winery Cousiño-Macul wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna, awara broth or veal paupiettes with cider.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, cherry or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

  • 1991With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.04/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carménère
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering 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 Coastal Range separates the area from the Pacific coast, and on the eastern side, the Andes Mountains rise suddenly and dramatically, separating Maipo from the Argentinean region of Mendoza. The Maipo Valley is the home of viticulture in Chile. The first vines were Planted around Santiago at the city's birth in the 1540s, but it wasn't until the 1800s that viticulture began to expand significantly, as an indirect result of entrepreneurial Chileans growing rich from the Mineral wealth found in the Atacama Desert to the north. It became fashionable for these wealthy individuals to travel to France, and they inevitably returned home with vines to plant in their New, French-influenced wine estates.

The vineyards of Cousino Macul, Concha Y Toro and Santa Rita were developed during this period, and they remain today important names in the Chilean wine industry. The region can be roughly separated into three broad areas: Alto Maipo, Central Maipo and Maipo Bajo. The vineyards of Alto Maipo (or Upper Maipo) run along the eastern edge of the Andes Mountains, where they benefit from altitudes of 1300-2500ft (400-760m) above sea level. At this height, Warm sun during the day is followed by colder nights, which slow ripening.

The top white wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul

How Winery Cousiño-Macul wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of croziflette, salmon and leek gratin or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

On the nose the white wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.57/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Gris
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul

How Winery Cousiño-Macul wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef fashion, grandma melanie's cassoulet or honey chicken wok style.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

  • 2018With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.51/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Herbaceous

Vegetable odour reminiscent of freshly cut grass and considered a defect of the wine.

The top sweet wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul

How Winery Cousiño-Macul wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of caramelized pork ribs, autumn duck aiguillette or salmon and spinach lasagna.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Cousiño-Macul. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul

  • 2014With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Cousiño-Macul.

  • Riesling
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon Gris

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

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