The Winery Ritual of Casablanca Valley of Aconcagua

Winery Ritual - Pinot Noir
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Gonzalez Byass.
It is ranked in the top 23 of the estates of Aconcagua.
It is located in Casablanca Valley in the region of Aconcagua

The Winery Ritual is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Casablanca Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ritual wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Ritual

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ritual

How Winery Ritual wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork tongue with tomato sauce and pickles, veal chop with rosemary or rabbit with beer.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ritual

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ritual. often reveals types of flavors of cream, pomegranate or raisin and sometimes also flavors of toasty, tomatoes or mint. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ritual. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ritual

  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.64/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Casablanca Valley

Casablanca Valley is a wine-growing region of Chile, located 100 kilometers (60 miles) North-west of the country's capital, Santiago. The east-west-oriented valley is roughly 30km (20 miles) Long, stretching to the eastern border of the Valparaiso province. It is best known for its crisp white wines, most notably made from the Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay grape varieties which have gained it recognition as one of Chile's quality wine regions. It has attracted considerable investment from wine companies based in other Chilean regions who were looking to boost their white wine portfolio, and from abroad.

Pinot Noir, which is responsive to the cooler Climates found in this coastal area, is also grown with some success. The region is relatively New by Chilean standards. Casablanca Valley's first Vineyards were planted in the 1980s during the revitalization of the Chilean wine industry. Expansion of vineyards around the industrial town of Casablanca followed, and vines now dominate the valley's landscape, even if a lack of water for irrigation (and restrictive local laws relating to this) have delayed vineyard planting.

Because it is only 30km (20 miles) from the Pacific Ocean at its furthest point, Casablanca Valley is strongly influenced by the cooling effects of the Humboldt Current, which flows up the west coast of Chile from the Antarctic. Cooling afternoon breezes blow from the ocean towards the mountains in the east, Filling the vacuum created by Warm air rising in the east. The reverse winds in the evening, however, are not sufficiently strong to provide a cool finish to Casablanca days. Given the valley's location at 33°S (much closer to the Equator than any European vineyard), viticulture here is possible largely because of the oceanic influence, which brings cool morning fog and greater cloud cover than is found elsewhere in the north of Chile.

The top white wines of Winery Ritual

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ritual

How Winery Ritual wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sauté of pork with cider, tagliatelle with fresh salmon or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ritual

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ritual. 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 Ritual. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ritual

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.74/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Ritual

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ritual

How Winery Ritual wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, baked lamb neck on a bed of vegetables and grapes or spicy chicken and mustard pie.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ritual

  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Overmaturation

When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ritual

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

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.

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The word of the wine: Overmaturation

When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.