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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]
