The Winery Viña Mar of Casablanca Valley of Aconcagua

Winery Viña Mar - Brut
The winery offers 33 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the VSPT.
It is ranked in the top 123 of the estates of Aconcagua.
It is located in Casablanca Valley in the region of Aconcagua

The Winery Viña Mar is one of the best wineries to follow in Casablanca Valley.. It offers 33 wines for sale in of Casablanca Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Viña Mar wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Winery Viña Mar

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Viña Mar

How Winery Viña Mar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken and sausage stew with carrots, steamed pork chops or mymy's golden apples (squash).

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Viña Mar

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Viña Mar. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Viña Mar

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2003With an average score of 2.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Viña Mar.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Moscato

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 red wines of Winery Viña Mar

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Viña Mar

How Winery Viña Mar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of autumn leaves, lamb mouse confit in wine or original francesinha (portugal).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Viña Mar

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Viña Mar

  • 2015With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Carménère
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

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 white wines of Winery Viña Mar

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Viña Mar

How Winery Viña Mar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of blue cord, cod brandade without potatoes or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Viña Mar

On the nose the white wine of Winery Viña Mar. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Viña Mar. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Viña Mar

  • 2017With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.48/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Broker

In the past, he was a sort of fraud control agent who had to watch over the quality of merchant wines (he could carry a sword!). His function has evolved towards expertise (it was the brokers who established the famous 1855 classification in Bordeaux) and today he puts the producer in contact with the merchant.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Viña Mar

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 Viña Mar.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Viña Mar and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Broker

In the past, he was a sort of fraud control agent who had to watch over the quality of merchant wines (he could carry a sword!). His function has evolved towards expertise (it was the brokers who established the famous 1855 classification in Bordeaux) and today he puts the producer in contact with the merchant.