The Winery San Nicolas of Rapel Valley of Central Valley

Winery San Nicolas - Red Chest Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is ranked in the top 2048 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Rapel Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery San Nicolas is one of the best wineries to follow in Rapel Valley.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Rapel Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery San Nicolas wines

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

The top red wines of Winery San Nicolas

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery San Nicolas

How Winery San Nicolas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar with honey, chaouia lamb or cassoulet with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery San Nicolas

On the nose the red wine of Winery San Nicolas. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery San Nicolas. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery San Nicolas

  • 2017With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 2.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.30/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Carménère
  • Merlot

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 San Nicolas

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery San Nicolas

How Winery San Nicolas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, sophie's tuna cake or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery San Nicolas

On the nose the white wine of Winery San Nicolas. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery San Nicolas. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery San Nicolas

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.41/5

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

  • Chardonnay

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.

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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 San Nicolas and wines from the region

Major Champagne merger for Nicolas Feuillatte to go ahead

Nearly 9% of Champagne’s vineyard area will be covered by the merger between Centre Vinicole – Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte and the Coopérative Régionale des Vins de Champagne (CRVC), which includes the Champagne Castelnau label. A deal was delayed earlier in 2021, but the merger has now been approved by the two companies’ extraordinary general assemblies. It is expected to be effective from 31 December. Together, the two groups will create a new cooperative, ‘Terroirs et Vigne ...

Iconic Italian wineries partner on wine in space project

The project was devised by FIS president Franco Maria Ricci and officially unveiled last week in Rome at the Foundation’s latest annual International Wine Culture Forum. ‘About four months ago I thought we should do some proper experiments to understand what happens to wine and vines in space. Eventually, I decided that this year’s FIS Forum had to be dedicated entirely to this subject,’ Ricci told Decanter. ‘My idea would be to understand if the vine can live and survive in space (and eve ...

Former Amazon executive to launch NFT fine wine platform

Cofounded by Xavier Garambois, the former vice-president of EU retail at Amazon, Winechain.co is set to go live by the end of this year with its first ‘wiNeFT’ offering – its term for a fine wine linked to a non-fungible token (NFT).  There has been a growing amount of innovation around NFTs in the wine world, from limited-edition winery offers to the ways in which blockchain technology could provide a digital guarantee of ownership history.    Winechain said its goal is ‘to build dy ...

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