Winery Viña ChoapaCordilleramar Pedro Ximenez
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Cordilleramar Pedro Ximenez of the Winery Viña Choapa is in the top 5 of wines of Choapa Valley.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cordilleramar Pedro Ximenez of Winery Viña Choapa in the region of Coquimbo often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Viña Choapa's Cordilleramar Pedro Ximenez.
Discover the grape variety: Calitor
Calitor is a black grape variety of Provençal origin that is not widely grown in France. It is only cultivated on a little more than a hundred hectares in total. The main characteristic of this variety is its bent stalk. Its adult leaves have 5 lobes and angular teeth. The leaf blade is both pubescent and downy. The young leaves have a pinkish tinge, especially in autumn. They are also downy. The tip of the calitor branch is cottony. Calitor is a recommended grape variety in the departments of Vaucluse and Var and is authorized in others such as Gard, Drôme and Ardèche. It has two variants, namely the grey calitor and the white calitor. The calitor is matured only 35 days after the chasselas but it is very productive. It appreciates hot and dry soils. This variety is resistant to oidium, but it remains sensitive to grey rot and mildew. Calitor produces a light, low-alcohol wine with little colour.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cordilleramar Pedro Ximenez from Winery Viña Choapa are 2018, 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Viña Choapa
The Winery Viña Choapa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Choapa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Choapa Valley
Choapa Valley is one of Chile's newest wine regions, located North of Santiago in the narrowest Part of the country. Here, between the peaks of the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, the cool, DryTerroir takes influence from both. Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon have proved well suited to the terroir here, producing smoky, Elegant wines with characters of dark fruit. The viticultural zone is located in Choapa province, halfway between the Limari and Aconcagua valleys, to the north and South respectively.
The wine region of Coquimbo
The Elqui Valley wine region is located 400 kilometers (250mi) North of the Chilean capital, Central-valley/maipo-valley/santiago">Santiago, at the very southern edge of the Atacama Desert. Its latitude of 29° makes it Chile's northernmost wine region, for now at least; the country's determined wine pioneers are now setting their sights as far north as the Atacama. Traditionally the region focused exclusively on producing Chile's trademark brandy, Pisco, but today Elqui Valley vineyards are producing Bright, intensely Aromatic wines, most notably from Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah. As might be expected in an arid, largely uninhabited region surrounded by desert, the valley is hot and Dry making irrigation essential in all vineyards here.
The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction
This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.
