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Central Valley

Chile's Central Valley runs from Metropolitan Santiago to Maule and includes Maipo, Rapel, Curicó and Maule. Valle Central is a broad name with varied styles and quality levels, so a subregion and grape on the label give a clearer sense of the wine.

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Central Valley, Chile
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Atlas locationCentral Valley · Chile35.06° S · 71.28° W

Chile's Central Valley runs from Chacabuco Province in Metropolitan Santiago to Cauquenes and Linares in Maule. Its legal subregions are Maipo, Rapel, Curicó and Maule, while Rapel contains the Cachapoal and Colchagua zones.

Valle Central on a label covers a large area with substantial variation in style and quality. A named subregion and grape give a clearer starting point. More than half of Maipo's 11,000 hectares are planted to Cabernet Sauvignon. Cachapoal and Colchagua are associated with Cabernet, Carménère, Syrah and Malbec, and with robust red wines.

Curicó and Maule are associated with Carignan and Cabernet Sauvignon. Wine production in Maule dates to the Spanish conquest period. Carménère, the French vine once thought extinct, was revived in Chile's central valleys.

Inside the region

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  1. 01Central Valley26 producersCentral Valley sits within Central Valley, Chile.

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  • Villaseñor VineyardsVillaseñor Vineyards presents Puelo Patagonia Pinot Noir, a dark rose-colored wine shaped by fresh red fruit, wild herbs, juiciness and crunchy acidity.
  • Viña AltaCimaFamily-owned Lontué winery harvesting by hand and crushing grapes above its fermentation vats without pumps.
  • Viña BouchonFour-generation Maule family farming ancient País, Sémillon, and Carignan on dry-farmed granitic estates in Chile's Secano Interior.
  • Viña ChocalánChilean estate in Coastal Maipo Valley, founded in 1998 by a family that spent decades manufacturing wine bottles, with a hillside gravity-flow winery and a Sauvignon Blanc vineyard 5 kilometres from the Pacific in San Antonio.
  • Viña Concha y ToroViña Amelia is Concha y Toro's Chardonnay and Pinot Noir subsidiary, sourcing both wines from the Quebrada Seca vineyard in Valle del Limarí, 23 kilometres from the Pacific at the northern limit of Chilean viticulture.
  • Viña Cono SurColchagua Valley estate known for organic Pinot Noir, a Burgundian winemaking partnership, and a pattern of Chilean firsts in closures and aromatic varietals.
  • Viña Don MelchorOne wine, one vineyard in Puente Alto, Maipo Valley. Cabernet Sauvignon grown at 650 metres on river gravel, selected micro-plot by micro-plot, aged slowly in French oak.
  • Viña San PedroOne of South America's largest wineries, founded in 1865 in the Curicó Valley by two brothers whose lime-and-stone cellar still stands at Molina. Wines in 80 markets, anchored by Gato Negro Cabernet Sauvignon.
  • Viña Santa HelenaViña Santa Helena is a Chilean producer from Valle de Colchagua, founded in 1942, with varietal Carmenère and Cabernet Sauvignon wines.
  • Viña y Cava Valle SecretoBoutique Alto Cachapoal estate founded by food-industry entrepreneurs in 2007, farming Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Syrah, and Malbec in the O'Higgins Andean foothills, with French oak aging at every tier and a five-variety flagship blend.
  • Vinicola PataconFamily-owned bulk producer in Curicó Valley, farming 300 hectares across Chile's Central Valley and bottling four mid-market red blends built around Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Syrah.

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mapSee Central Valley in the AtlasKeep the surrounding places in view as you move closer.placeContinue to Central ValleyCentral Valley is one of the named areas within Central Valley.learningHow place shapes wineSee how climate, landscape and local choices become part of a wine.