Winery WaitroseSoft and Juicy Chilean Red

Red wine of Claro Valley of Central Valley of Chile

3.6

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Soft and Juicy Chilean Red of Winery Waitrose is a red wine from the region of Claro Valley of Central Valley.
This wine generally goes well with

Discover the grape variety: Calabre blanc

This is a very old grape variety, most certainly of Italian origin, not to be confused with other grape varieties with the name or synonym Calabria. Writings sometimes mention a white calabre resulting from an intraspecific crossing between bicane and muscat à petits grains blancs, although we are not sure that it is the same variety described here. You will note below that the leaf is very similar to that of the muscat à petits grains, to be continued. It can still be found in Italy, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Germany, Ukraine, ... in France it is almost unknown.

Informations about the Winery Waitrose

The winery offers 116 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.

It is in the top 30 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Claro Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Waitrose is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 112 wines for sale in the of Claro Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The wine region of Claro Valley

The wine region of Claro Valley is located in the region of Maule Valley of Central Valley of Chile. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Waitrose or the Domaine Carta Vieja produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Claro Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon et Carmenère, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Claro Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

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.

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