The Winery Santa Helena of Central Valley

Winery Santa Helena - Reservado Edici&oacuten Especial Merlot
The winery offers 104 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the VSPT.
It is ranked in the top 125 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Central Valley

The Winery Santa Helena is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Valley.. It offers 104 wines for sale in of Central Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Santa Helena wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Santa Helena

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Santa Helena

How Winery Santa Helena wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, lamb epigram in spicy sauce or chicken with rice for cookeo robot.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Santa Helena

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Santa Helena

  • 2002With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2003With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.63/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Central Valley

The Central Valley (El Valle Central) of Chile is one of the most important wine-producing areas in South America in terms of Volume. It is also one of the largest wine regions, stretching from the Maipo Valley (just south of Santiago) to the southern end of the Maule Valley. This is a distance of almost 250 miles (400km) and covers a number of Climate types. The Central Valley wine region is easily (and often) confused with the geological Central Valley, which runs north–south for more than 620 miles (1000km) between the Pacific Coastal Ranges and the lower Andes.

A wide variety of wine styles and quality can be found in this large area, from many different terroirs. They range from the fashionable (and relatively expensive) Bordeaux-style wines produced in northern Maipo, to the older, more-established vineyards of Maule; from the coastal plains of western Colchagua to the Andean foothills of Puente Alto. With experimentation so popular in the modern wine world, however, it is the newer, cooler-climate areas which are receiving most attention, with the emphasis on the Andean foothills and the river valleys tempered by the cooling effects of the Pacific Ocean. The Central Valley is also home to a variety of Grapes, but plantings are dominated by the internationally popular Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

Chile's 'icon' grape, Carmenère, is also of importance here, just as Malbec is to Mendoza, on the other side of the Andes. The cooler corners of the Central Valley are being increasingly developed, as winemakers experiment with varieties such as Viognier, Riesling and even Gewurztraminer. Because the area covered is so large and the terrain so varied, the name 'Central Valley' on a label is unlikely to communicate anything specific about the style of wine in the bottle. Also, with a number of independently recognized sub-regions now in place (such as Colchagua and Cachapoal), most wines of any quality are able to specify their sub-region of origin rather than the Generic Central Valley.

The top white wines of Winery Santa Helena

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Santa Helena

How Winery Santa Helena wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of meatloaf with lovage (perpetual celery), peppers stuffed with tuna and parmesan or quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Santa Helena

On the nose the white wine of Winery Santa Helena. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, oak or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Santa Helena. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Santa Helena

  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Viognier

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 sweet wines of Winery Santa Helena

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Santa Helena

How Winery Santa Helena wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Amber

(1) A colour close to amber, sometimes taken on by white wines aged for a long time, or by oxidising prematurely. (2) A term used on the label to designate white Rivesaltes aged for at least thirty months in an oxidizing environment.

The top pink wines of Winery Santa Helena

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Santa Helena

How Winery Santa Helena wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, lamb biryani or pastilla with chicken (moroccan pie with brick sheets).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Santa Helena

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Santa Helena. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Santa Helena

  • 2019With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Santa Helena

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Santa Helena

How Winery Santa Helena wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast veal grand-mère madou, spanish paella or rabbit with cider and prunes.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Santa Helena

  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Santa Helena.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Barbarossa

A black wine and table grape variety grown in Corsica, which is used in the ajaccio appellation.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Santa Helena

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Santa Helena and wines from the region

The Duckhorn Portfolio purchases 107ha vineyard in Paso Robles

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Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Duckhorn expands in Napa Valley with vineyard deals

Duckhorn Portfolio said it has acquired around 20 hectares (50 acres) of Napa Valley vineyards via separate deals. This includes 16 hectares (40 acres) of the Stanly Ranch vineyard in Los Carneros and the four-hectare (10 acre) Red Wing vineyard in St. Helena, said the group, which is listed under the ‘Napa’ ticker on the New York Stock Exchange. ‘As our portfolio has evolved to include 10 renowned luxury wineries, our commitment to having a robust estate vineyard programme continues to be centr ...

The word of the wine: Amber

(1) A colour close to amber, sometimes taken on by white wines aged for a long time, or by oxidising prematurely. (2) A term used on the label to designate white Rivesaltes aged for at least thirty months in an oxidizing environment.

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