The Winery Las Veletas is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Maule Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Las Veletas wines in Maule Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Las Veletas 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 Las Veletas wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Las Veletas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of roast beef casserole, spaghetti with clams or veal fillet stroganoff.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Las Veletas. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, blueberry or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Las Veletas. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Maule Valley is the largest wine-producing region in Chile other than the Central Valley, of which it is a Part. It has 75,000 acres (30,000ha) under Vine, and has traditionally been associated with quantity rather than quality. But this is rapidly changing – the bulk-producing Pais vine is gradually being replaced with more international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère, and careful winemaking practices are being employed to make some world-class red wines from old-vine Carignan.
The Central Valley itself runs between the Andes and the Coastal Mountains from the Chilean capital of Santiago in the North to the up-and-coming region of Bío Bío in the South.
The Maule Valley stretches for around 60 miles (100km), and the Center of its wine production Lies 180 miles (290km) south of Santiago at a latitude of 35°S. Maule is further south than the Central Valley's star regions of Maipo and Colchagua. The large amount of land covered by the Maule Valley DO (Denominación de Origen) means there is a multitude of terroirs, from low-lying river valleys to Andean hillsides.
Maule Valley was one of the first areas in Chile to be planted to vine, and its viticultural history stretches back to the start of colonisation by the Spanish.
The region has Long been one of Chile's most successful bulk-production wine districts, as evidenced by the large amount of Pais still found planted here. It has only been in the past 20 years that Maule vignerons have made a move toward quality, pioneered by the Kendall-Jackson empire of California, which set up a winery here in the mid-1990s.
Despite this push toward modernity, some of Maule's better throwbacks have survived – the region is fast becoming known for some 70-year-old Carignan vines that are being used to produce Soft, earthy red wines with Richplum and black-fruit characters.
One of the more southern of Chile's wine-growing areas, Maule is slightly cooler than its northerly cousins and has higher annual rainfall, most of which occurs during winter.
How Winery Las Veletas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of cassolettes of scallops, vegan leek and tofu quiche or provençal tart with tomato and goat cheese.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Las Veletas. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Las Veletas. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
Planning a wine route in the of Maule Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Las Veletas.
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.
