The Winery Rato of Rapel Valley of Central Valley

Winery Rato
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 2.7.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Central Valley.
It is located in Rapel Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Rato is one of the best wineries to follow in Rapel Valley.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Rapel Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rato wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Rato

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rato

How Winery Rato wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, caramelized lamb mice or chicken waterzooi à la gantoise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Rato

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Rato

  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Rapel Valley

Rapel Valley is a large wine-producing region in Chile's Central Valley. Made up of the Colchagua and Cachapoal valleys, the area produces roughly a quarter of all Chilean wine. The Warm, Dry region makes a wide range of wine styles, ranging from everyday wines to some of Chile's most expensive and prestigious offerings. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Carmenère are the most important grape varieties planted here.

In general terms, Rapel Valley wines are produced primarily from red varieties, but there are some plantings of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Plantings of Malbec are also on the rise, presumably seeking the success enjoyed by this variety in Mendoza, just the other side of the Andes. Rapel Valley runs directly South for 60 miles (100km) from the edges of Maipo Valley to the furthest edge of the Colchagua province. Flanked on both sides by mountain ranges – the Andes and the Coastal Range – Rapel Valley is sheltered from the cold influences of the Pacific Ocean.

The region takes its name from the Rapel River, a confluence of the Tinguiririca and the Cachapoal, whose courses divide the valley into two sub-regions, Colchagua Valley in the south and Cachapoal Valley in the North. As is the case in most Chilean wine regions, the river is a vital resource, bringing fresh, mineral-rich meltwater down from the upper Andes. Rapel Valley's two sub-regions are quite distinct from each other. In Cachapoal Valley, the best vineyards can be found primarily in the east, where the Andean foothills provide a well-drained, sheltered location for viticulture.

The top white wines of Winery Rato

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Rato

How Winery Rato wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of lamb with okra sauce, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or baked béchamel potatoes.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Rato

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

Discover the grape variety: Himrod

An interspecific cross between ontario (winchell x diamond) and sultana - it is therefore not a pure Vitis vinifera as some people write - created in 1928 by A.B. Stout at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station (United States). Its multiplication started only in 1952, it is certainly known in the United States but also in Canada, in India, in many European wine-producing countries, ... little multiplied and thus little known in France except by the amateur gardeners. The Interlaken which looks a bit like the Himrod, the Lakemont and the Romulus have the same parents.

News about Winery Rato and wines from the region

Plans for first Campbeltown distillery in 180 years revealed

R&B Distillers, operator of the Isle of Raasay Distillery, plans to open The Machrihanish Distillery at Dhurrie Farm, Machrihanish, as a ‘farm-to-bottle’ single malt distillery, along with a visitor centre and whisky club. The company aims to make Machrihanish a sustainable, net-zero distillery that uses no fossil fuels in its production, as well as using biological farming practices to create greater biodiversity on the adjacent farmland. Plans are expected to be finalised during 2022, with ...

Whisky aged in native oak  

Whisky is emphatically a product of place. The flavours in the glass conjure images of the spirit’s origin, from an Islay malt’s distinctive peat smoke to the exotic perfume of a Japanese blend. Traditionally, however, that local accent is lost when spirit is filled into cask. The vast majority of Scotch malts and blends, for example, are matured in oak sourced from thousands of miles away, and previously used to age bourbon or Sherry. Some whiskies might venture into more exotic territory. Thin ...

Napa Valley barrel auction total hits $1.5m

A new-look Napa Valley barrel auction saw 75 lots raise a total $1.5m in aid of children’s mental health, organisers have announced. Many wines were from the 2021 vintage, and Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) reported an average price per lot of $18,683, which it said was a new record. The barrel auction is now part of Collective Napa Valley, a philanthropy-focused initiative created to offer events and sales for wine lovers throughout the year – replacing the previous Auction Napa Valley event that s ...

The word of the wine: Ban des vendanges

Date of the beginning of the grape harvest, fixed by the lord in the tradition of the Middle Ages and, today, by the prefect.

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