Chile, a long strip between the Andes and Pacific, has avoided phylloxera, so many vineyards have ungrafted old vines.
History
Spanish colonisers planted vines in the 16th century. In the 1850s French grapes arrived, and Carménère from Bordeaux was later rediscovered in Chile in 1994.
Ingredients
- Wine grapes (Cabernet, Carménère, Sauvignon Blanc)
How it's made
- Harvest in March-April
- Ferment on skins
- Press
- Age in oak or tank
- Bottle
Photos: ingredients, making & serving
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Famous brands & makers
- Concha y Toro (Casillero del Diablo)
- Santa Rita
- Montes
- Errázuriz
- Cousiño-Macul
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