The Winery Valle Frio of Maule Valley of Central Valley

Winery Valle Frio - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 102 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Maule Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Valle Frio is one of the best wineries to follow in Maule Valley.. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Maule Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Valle Frio wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Valle Frio

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Valle Frio

How Winery Valle Frio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of homemade beef stew, royal couscous or stuffed duck or goose neck.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Valle Frio

On the nose the red wine of Winery Valle Frio. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Valle Frio. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Valle Frio

  • 2014With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.46/5

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

  • Carménère
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Malbec

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 white wines of Winery Valle Frio

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Valle Frio

How Winery Valle Frio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of the secrets of croque-monsieur, pasta gratin or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Valle Frio

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Valle Frio. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Valle Frio

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Valle Frio

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Valle Frio

How Winery Valle Frio wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: INAO

National Institute of Origin and Quality. French organization depending on the Ministry of Agriculture and in charge of quality signs: AOC, IGP, labels and organic farming.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Valle Frio

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 Valle Frio.

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.

News about Winery Valle Frio and wines from the region

Chile harvest report 2022: ‘a challenging year in terms of climate’ 

Just over 6,400km in length, Chile is a country with a fascinating range of terroirs. This is fully reflected in the diversity of its wines. Heavily influenced by air currents from the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes to the east, all of Chile’s wine producing valleys have their own microclimates, as well as distinct complex soil composition. This variety means that individual vineyards experienced the harvest conditions of 2022 in different ways. It was a year that saw the continuation o ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: INAO

National Institute of Origin and Quality. French organization depending on the Ministry of Agriculture and in charge of quality signs: AOC, IGP, labels and organic farming.

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