The Winery Familia Orueta of Colchagua Valley of Central Valley

Winery Familia Orueta - Puente Negro Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is ranked in the top 1210 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Colchagua Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Familia Orueta is one of the best wineries to follow in Colchagua Valley.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Colchagua Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Familia Orueta wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Familia Orueta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Familia Orueta

How Winery Familia Orueta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, ramadan berber soup (harira) or rabbit with beer.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Familia Orueta

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Familia Orueta. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Familia Orueta

  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.15/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Colchagua Valley

The wine region of Colchagua Valley is located in the region of Rapel Valley of Central Valley of Chile. We currently count 487 estates and châteaux in the of Colchagua Valley, producing 2420 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Colchagua Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Familia Orueta

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Familia Orueta

How Winery Familia Orueta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of ideas for savoury pancake toppings, summer tuna quiche or chinese fondue.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Familia Orueta

  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Familia Orueta.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Familia Orueta

Planning a wine route in the of Colchagua Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Familia Orueta.

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.

News about Winery Familia Orueta and wines from the region

Grands Chais de France purchases historic Stellenbosch winery

The Alsace-based group is France’s biggest wine exporter and the biggest private winemaker in the country, with 68 properties spread across the country. It is also the largest exporter of French wine, accounting for around one in every six bottles sold in international markets, with brands including Calvet and J.P. Chenet. The company, whose full name is Les Grands Chais de France, recently shifted its strategy in a bid to become a global wine producer with estates in a variety of premium wine r ...

Chile harvest report 2022: ‘a challenging year in terms of climate’ 

Just over 6,400km in length, Chile is a country with a fascinating range of terroirs. This is fully reflected in the diversity of its wines. Heavily influenced by air currents from the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes to the east, all of Chile’s wine producing valleys have their own microclimates, as well as distinct complex soil composition. This variety means that individual vineyards experienced the harvest conditions of 2022 in different ways. It was a year that saw the continuation o ...

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

The word of the wine: Table wine

A category of wine with no geographical indication on the label, often resulting from blends between wines from different vineyards in France or the EU. These wines are now called "wines without geographical indication" (and "French wines" if they come from the national territory).

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