The Winery Elqui of Elqui Valley of Coquimbo

Winery Elqui - Syrah
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Coquimbo.
It is located in Elqui Valley in the region of Coquimbo

The Winery Elqui is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Elqui Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Elqui wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Elqui

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Elqui

How Winery Elqui wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken, beef and lamb couscous (morocco), ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew) or rabbit sautéed hunter.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Elqui

On the nose the red wine of Winery Elqui. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or floral and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, microbio or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Elqui. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Elqui

  • 2014With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carménère
  • Malbec
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Elqui Valley

The Elqui Valley wine region is located 400 kilometers (250mi) North of the Chilean capital, Central-valley/maipo-valley/santiago">Santiago, at the very southern edge of the Atacama Desert. Its latitude of 29° makes it Chile's northernmost wine region, for now at least; the country's determined wine pioneers are now setting their sights as far north as the Atacama. Traditionally the region focused exclusively on producing Chile's trademark brandy, Pisco, but today Elqui Valley vineyards are producing Bright, intensely Aromatic wines, most notably from Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah. As might be expected in an arid, largely uninhabited region surrounded by desert, the valley is hot and Dry making irrigation essential in all vineyards here.

The Elqui province is famous for its bright sunshine, pure air and Clear skies as well as a number of astronomical observatories. Vineyards here receive far higher levels of solar radiation than any European wine region, and this seems to translate into the wine style. The vibrant intensity of Elqui Valley wines, when yields and potential Alcohol are kept in check, can be quite remarkable. The secret to successful viticulture this close to the equator is altitude.

Elqui's vineyards sit up to 2,000 meters (6,550ft) above sea level, which means that the Warm, bright, days are followed by cool, fresh nights. This diurnal temperature variation lengthens the grape growing season, of which allows grapes time to develop intense varietal character, while retaining refreshing levels of acidity. Wineries all over Chile now focus heavily on the altitude of their vineyards. Altitude has become as much a marketing tool as a key element of terroir.

The top pink wines of Winery Elqui

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Elqui

How Winery Elqui wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, rolled lamb shoulder with herbs or delicious veal stew.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Elqui

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Elqui. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Elqui

  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Elqui.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec
  • Pinot Noir

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Carmenère

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.

News about Winery Elqui and wines from the region

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New Château Latour 2010 stocks released onto market

New stocks of Château Latour 2010 were released from the Pauillac-based First Growth’s cellars on 13 September. Latour 2010 is regarded as one of the best Bordeaux wines of the 21st century so far, and has received two 100-point Decanter scores in the past three years. It’s also more expensive than many other Latour vintages, but analyst group Wine Lister said it expected buyers to show interest. ‘There is no doubt that this release will see demand, especially for merchants rel ...

Andrea Franchetti: Obituary

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The word of the wine: Game

A family of animal aromas reminiscent of venison and present in certain old red wines. See venison.

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