The taste of the wines that flourish by the foot of the Andes makes you feel different. In your mouth, they are structured and firm, with an intense fruity flavor. In this tour you’ll taste the best of 3 premium vineyards in the Valle del Maipo valley, a few kilometers away from Santiago.
Almaviva Vineyard:
Its wine was selected as one of the best in this decade in the United States. Would you like to know why?
“The aromas of black berry leaves and iodine are wild and exotic, with mussel's shell and earth underneath. With great, firm body and chewable powerful tannins that show muscle. It is structures and powerful. Dense and very, very deep” - James Suckling, one of the world’s more influential wine critics.
This project was born in 1997 when the baroness Philippine of Rothschild (+) president of the Baron Phillipe of Rothschild group and the president of Concha y Toro Vineyard, Mr. Eduardo Guilisasti got together to create a French Chilean wine.
This way the created Almaviva under the French Chateau concept, which considers an exceptional terroir with a unique storage and a technical first level equipment. This made them a pioneer vineyard that reached international success after its first harvest.
We invite you to see the results of such excellency, expressed in the taste of their wines.
Santa Rita: Premium wines with a great history.
We’ll travel to Alto Jahuel, known as one of the best valleys in the world for the craft of Cabernet Sauvignon.
With more that 140 years of history, Santa Rita Vineayard is one of the premium producers best known in Valle del Maipo. And not only because of the elegance of their wines, but only because it holds important cultural heritage.
Did you know that through Viña Santa Rita once passed an inca road called Qhapaq Ñan, sketched back in 1400? You’ll visit the Centenario Park with its chapel and the roman baths buitl in the XIX century.
You’ll see the Andino Museum, which holds a collection of over 200 works of precolombian art and you’ll be able to taste 6 ultra premium wines, paired with mixed nuts and dried fruit, and different cheeses.
El Principal:
After going to Santa Rita vineyard and enjoying a delicious lunch at Doña Paula restaurant, we’ll travel to the El Principal vineyard, located by the foot of the Andes.
Since its launch, in 1999, Andetelmo wine has been worldly known as one of Chile’s Ultra Premium wines. This reflects the expression of a unique terroir and the caring for nature.
You’ll walk through its vineyards and see the hand picking of its grapes. You’ll learn about the wining process and next, the keeping in French oak barrels, that reflect the elegance of El Principal wines.
Would you like to know its secrets? Book this tour and taste its delicious wines that are known by their flowery scents and a fruity flavor, mixing oak, coffee and spices.
We invite you to experience 3 Premium vineyards that open their doors to show you the best they have. A tour to feel the flavor of the most elegant wines of Chile and the Maipo valley.
