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San Pedro 1865

by Agustina Abal February 23, 2022

written by Agustina Abal

About San Pedro 1865

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

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About the San Pedro 1865 vineyards

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.

San Pedro wines

1865 SELECTED VINEYARDS

The Selected Vineyards line includes a Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Malbec, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc.

1865 SELECTED BLEND

This wine is a blend of Syrah, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. The proportions of each grape variety vary every year

1865 SELECTED COLLECTION

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.

About the winemaker, Andrea Calderón Vásquez

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.

Visiting the winery

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]

February 23, 2022 0 comment

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Cheval des Andes

by Agustina Abal February 18, 2022

written by Agustina Abal

About Cheval des Andes winery

Cheval des Andes is the result of a collaboration between two iconic wineries in France and in Argentina: Château Cheval Blanc in Saint Emilion and Terrazas de los Andes in Mendoza.

In 1998, Pierre Lurton, general manager at Cheval Blanc, was asked to find the best site for the winery. He studied the different terroirs of Las Compuertas with Roberta de la Mota and decided to combine Cheval Blanc’s experience with Malbec’s most pure expression. Cheval des Andes has inherited Château Cheval Blanc’s attention to detail, skills and techniques as well as the passion and commitment that has passed from generation to generation.

Under the hand of local winemaker Gerald Gabillet and the technical team at Cheval Blanc, Cheval des Andes makes just one wine from the very best plots of their old-vine Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Each harvest at Cheval des Andes tells its own story and is a pure expression of the climate and the vineyard conditions.

Cheval owns two vineyards, one in Las Compuertas in Luján planted in 1929, and another in La Consulta in the Uco Valley planted in 1945. The result is an age-worthy and sophisticated red blend which evolves beautifully in the cellar, showing the fine wine potential of Malbec blends. The first official vintage was in 2001 and if you ever have the chance to do a vertical tasting, the wines aptly show Cheval’s increasingly more delicate approach in the winemaking and refined vineyard focus. A deserving icon of Mendoza.

February 18, 2022 0 comment

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Sur Chileno

by Agustina Abal January 19, 2022

written by Agustina Abal

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.

About Sur Chileno

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.

January 19, 2022 0 comment

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Riveras del Chillán

by Agustina Abal January 18, 2022

written by Agustina Abal

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.

About Riveras del Chillán winery

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.

Riveras del Chillán is part of the Chileno Sur association in southern Chile.

January 18, 2022 0 comment

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