Discover the best wineries in Chile, including all the top wineries to visit in Elqui, Limari, Maipo, Aconcagua, Colchagua, Casablanca, Curico, Maule, Itata, Bio Bio.
In our ultimate guide to the wineries in Chile, you will find all the information you need to know related to wineries, wine tourism, winery restaurants and wine hotels in Chile’s wine regions, including Aconcagua, Maipo, Casablanca, Curico, Itata.
1865 is the line inspired by Viña San Pedro’s long heritage of winemaking in Chile (you guessed it, since 1865) but also the diverse vineyards and varieties they work with. This premium line is focused on singling out select vineyards for distinctive expressions.
Young winemaker Andrea Calderón Vásquez is in charge of the line today and the wines often offer excellent value and benchmark wines for Chile.
See also Altaïr, the top wine of Viña San Pedro
Viña San Pedro has approximately 100 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon planted in Maipo Valley that are used to make the 1865 wines. Other grape varieties used are Carmenère from Maule Valley, Syrah and Petit Verdot from Cachapoal, and Merlot from Maipo Valley.
The Cabernet Sauvignon vines are planted on alluvial and well-drained soils in Alto Jahuel, an area near the Maipo river. The soil is a mixture of clay and lime and has gravel of different sizes. The Carmenère vines are planted in Pencahue, an area that has a wide temperature range between day and night and colluvial, well-drained soils. The vineyards in Cachapoal are located at the foot of the Andes Mountains and are planted on volcanic soils with colluvial deposits and clay.
The Selected Vineyards line includes a Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Malbec, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc.
This wine is a blend of Syrah, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. The proportions of each grape variety vary every year
The selected collection looks to reflect different grape varieties, Chilean traditions and innovative winemaking processes. Within this line, there is the Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon made from 70-year-old vines in Curicó and the Pisco Barrel which reflects the combination of two Chilean traditions: winemaking and pisco production.
Andrea is an Agricultural Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica. She began her career in 2014 carrying out harvests abroad in the Sonoma Valley in California and joined Viña San Pedro’s Premium Brand team in 2018.
Today Andrea is in charge of San Pedro 1865 three ranges: Selected Vineyards, Selected Blends, and Selected Collection.
You can visit the San Pedro Cachapoal Andes winery and vineyard, with options for lunch, picnics and biking among the vines.
The restaurant is open from Tuesday through Saturday.
Click here to book your visit to Viña San Pedro or email the winery at [email protected]
Sur Chileno is an association of wineries that all work in southern Chile and produce wines with a similar terroir focus, artisanal production and sustainable philosophy. The association includes small natural wine producers using old vines including Roberto Henríquez and Tinto de Rulo to boutique producers with international varieties and pioneering new regions including Pandolfi Price and Clos des Fous. Producers are based in Maule, Itata, Bio Bio or Malleco.
Sur Chileno was founded in 2020 and is an association of independent producers in southern Chile (Maule, Itata, Bio Bio and Malleco) initiated by CORFO Ñuble to work together to promote the distinctive identity of the south and share research and sustainability initiatives.
Founding wineries include:
Massoc Frères. A family winery started in 2015 in Itata working with old vines there.
Roberto Henríquez. Natural winemaker making old vine wines from Bio Bio and Itata.
Clos des Fous. Terroir focused project isolating special vineyards around Chile with a focus in Malleco.
Pandolfi Price. Family winery in Itata with a focus on premium Chardonnay and other international varieties.
Riveras del Chillán. Winery in Itata with 65 hectares of vines and diverse porfolio.
Lomas de Llahuén. Itata based producer with a focus on pipeño wines from old vines.
Berta. Family winery in Itata with a large portfolio of wines ranging from sparkling to still.
Tinto de Rulo. Boutique natural wines from Itata and Maule with a focus on artisanal production.
Riveras de Chillán winery is set on the riverbanks of the Chillán river in Itata and represents the old vines but new story of the Chandía Tolosa family.
After over 80 years of heritage as a family winery in Itata, Riveras de Chillán was born as a new enterprise under the third generation. Gonzalo Chandía Tolosa has some 63 hectares of his own vines and picks the crème de la crème to make his wines.
Lomas de Llahuén is in the heart of Portezuela and was founded in 1986 by brothers Francisco and Gustavo Riffo who have fought tooth and nail to bring the heritage of their local Pipeño wines back into the limelight.
Lomas de Llahuén is an (as of yet!) undiscovered gem in Itata. Their human scale, family vineyard and winery is worth hunting for while in Itata.
Lomas de Llahuén was founded over 35 years ago as a small project in order to make local wines and revalue the traditional varieties and old vines of Itata. Brothers Francisco and Gustavo Riffo started out making just 600 litres of wine using the native raulí wood pipas for fermentation and selling the wines by the glass damajuana.
Over the years, the family have built up their reputation and resources in order to become a boutique winery working with over 20 hectares of vineyards and now incorporating the younger generation of the family.
Lomas de Llahuén