Wine country

Chile

A long wine country between the Andes and the Pacific, with cool coastal regions and vineyards on the Andean foothills.

Where it is

Map data: Natural Earth

Aconcagua
A Chilean valley running from the Andes to the Pacific, with warm inland sites and cool coastal ones.
Limari
A cool, dry coastal valley where ocean influence and limestone-rich sites support fresh, restrained wine styles.
Bio Bio
A cool, rainy region in southern Chile, one of the country's southernmost established wine areas.
Central Valley
Chile's main wine area, a long valley between the Andes and the coastal hills south of Santiago, including Maipo, Rapel, Curicó and Maule, known for Cabernet Sauvignon and Carménère.
Colchagua
A warm valley in Chile's Rapel, running from the Andes down to the coastal range.
Coquimbo
A dry northern Chilean region of narrow river valleys running from the Andes to the Pacific.
Elqui
A narrow desert river valley in northern Chile, with vineyards planted high under clear skies.
Itata
A historic southern Chilean valley with old dry-farmed vineyards in a cooler, rainier climate than central Chile.
Maule
A broad south-central Chilean wine region with many old, dry-farmed bush vineyards and more rainfall than regions farther north.
Nuble
Home to Itata's old vineyards, where País, Cinsault, and Moscatel can make fresh, fragrant wines with modest weight.
O'Higgins
This broad central Chilean region contains the Rapel Valley, associated especially with ripe, full-bodied red wines.

Clos des Fous
Clos des Fous farms vineyards across Chile’s contrasting climates, from rainy Traiguén in the south to Aconcagua farther north.

Reviewed by Gina Biernacki, Certified Sommelier, WSET Level 3 with Distinction.