More recently, Chilean wines began to appear on the tables of Europe, the taste of which the lovers of the elite grape drink was appreciated only fifteen years ago. Due to the democratic prices, unique colorful taste, wines from Chile quickly broke into the world market.
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Grapes
On Today, a variety of grapes that came from the slopes of Bordeaux - the Carmenier has long been a visiting card of Chile. It produces a bright red wine with a delicate aroma of currant, black forest berries, pepper and spices. Cabernet Sauvignon is also the undoubted leader of the vineyards, merlot in Chile is harmoniously complemented by currant, cherry and plum notes
Sira (shiraz), the first-class raw material for dark wines with the flavors of black forest berries, blackberries and spices was successfully acclimatized. Unusual taste is gained by wine from Chilean malbec - a bouquet of cherries, mulberries, eucalyptus and violets
Chilean wine classification
Chile has three categories of wines: the lowest includes table wines, or vino de mesa. Labels usually do not specify either a grape variety or a year of harvest; the average is a wine without indicating the place of origin (Vinos sin Denominacion de Origen), but with the designation of the variety and the year of the harvest.
And the highest - wines with controlled origin (Vinos con Denominacion de Origen), which are made from certain varieties of grapes, the list of which includes two and a half dozen varieties. Five large regions are distinguished from such territories: Coquimbo, Aconcagua, Central Valley Valle Central, Southern region - Region del Sur and Atacama. @
- Coquimbo, being the northernmost and hottest region, has identified three vast valleys where local winemakers thrive on their raw materials: Elki (Valle del Elqui), Lima (Valle del Limari) and Choapa (Valle del Choapa). Here the vines grow muscatel and Pedro Ximenez
- Aconcagua, uniting under the wing of two regions. Aconcagua (Valle del Aconcagua) and Casablanca (Valle de Casablanca), was the birthplace of the wine Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Sangiovese and Zinfandel . The most famous varieties of wine are Don Maximiano from Errazuriz and Sena
- Central Valley Valle Central is a powerful artillery of the Chilean wine industry. Major regions of Maipo (Valle del Maipo), Rapel (Vall del Rapel), Curico (Valle de Curico) and Maule (Valle del Maule) are working on an elite embodiment of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenere, white Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, Malbec.
- The southern region of Rehjon del Sur is widely known for its excellent table wines.