The Winery Mayu of Elqui Valley of Coquimbo

Winery Mayu - Reserva Appassimento Carmenérè
The winery offers 47 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 9 of the estates of Coquimbo.
It is located in Elqui Valley in the region of Coquimbo

The Winery Mayu is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 47 wines for sale in of Elqui Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mayu wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mayu

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mayu

How Winery Mayu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, capellini with vegetables or lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with....

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mayu

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mayu. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, raisin or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, dried fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mayu. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mayu

  • 2016With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Carménère
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir
  • Malbec
  • Sangiovese

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 white wines of Winery Mayu

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mayu

How Winery Mayu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of spaghetti with squid ink (italy), mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or pasta with goat cheese, thyme and bacon.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mayu

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mayu. 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 Mayu. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mayu

  • 2013With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.57/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pedro Ximenez
  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Mayu

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Mayu

How Winery Mayu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of pot roast, moroccan lamb shoulder or pasta with puttanesca sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Mayu

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Mayu. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Mayu

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carménère

The word of the wine: Bergeron

See roussanne.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mayu

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

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 Mayu and wines from the region

Kylie Minogue launches her wine range in the US

The ‘Spinning Around’ singer launched the wines on her birthday in 2020 as part of a collaboration with London-based Benchmark Drinks. The firm, founded by former Accolade Wines chief executive Paul Schaafsma, specialises in celebrity partnerships. It has also launched wines in tandem with Sarah Jessica Parker, Ian Botham and Graham Norton. Yet the Kylie Minogue range has been one of the star performers, selling 3.5 million bottles in the UK and a further 1.5 million bottles in 15 international ...

Clare Tooley MW: My top 10 wines of 2021

Only 10? I feel a little like I do when faced with a hefty restaurant wine list. So many lovely wines, so little time to do them justice. My mind tracks the names, vintages and regions in fleeting time, flipping like a kaleidoscope. The effort is always accompanied by that nagging worry you’re missing the absolute gem. All the while, your dinner date is itching simply to get on and tuck into the evening with a good glass of wine. The Tooley household has been through a lot in 2021, including som ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

The word of the wine: Bergeron

See roussanne.

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