San Pedro 1865
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
1865 winery video
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]
Prizes and Awards
2018 Ethical Company of the Year for Tayu 1865 on the Green Awards by The Drinks Business
91 pts. James Suckling - 1865 Master Blend 2017
94 pts. Tim Atkin - 1865 Desert Valley 2019
92 pts. James Suckling - 1865 Desert Valley 2018
91 pts. Wine Advocate - 1865 Old Vines 2017
90 pts. Wine Advocate - 1865 Old Vines 2017
98 pts. Descorchados - 1865 Tayu 2019
94 pts. Tim Atkin - 1865 Tayu 2019
93 pts. James Suckling - 1865 Tayu 2019