The Winery Oveja Negra of Maule Valley of Central Valley

Winery Oveja Negra - Chardonnay - Viognier Reserva
The winery offers 29 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 78 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Maule Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Oveja Negra is one of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Maule Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Oveja Negra wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Oveja Negra

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Oveja Negra

How Winery Oveja Negra 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 quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese, duck with orange or grilled sardine fillets.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Oveja Negra

On the nose the white wine of Winery Oveja Negra. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, honey or non oak and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Oveja Negra

  • 2010With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.55/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Carménère
  • Sauvignon Gris

Discovering the wine region of Maule Valley

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.

The top red wines of Winery Oveja Negra

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Oveja Negra

How Winery Oveja Negra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of kamounia : tunisian beef stew, pumpkin and courgette lasagne or saltimbocca alla romana.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Oveja Negra

On the nose the red wine of Winery Oveja Negra. 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 red wine of Winery Oveja Negra. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Oveja Negra

  • 2010With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.57/5

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

  • Carménère
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Oveja Negra

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Oveja Negra

How Winery Oveja Negra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, lamb epigram in spicy sauce or thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Oveja Negra

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan

The word of the wine: Female

Characterizes wines whose pleasantness results from elegance and finesse rather than power.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Oveja Negra

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 Oveja Negra.

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Winery Oveja Negra and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Female

Characterizes wines whose pleasantness results from elegance and finesse rather than power.

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