Chile

Maipo Valley

Maipo Valley is a wine region in Chile. A historic Chilean wine valley around Santiago, extending toward the Andean foothills.

Places in Maipo Valley

Alto Maipo
The Maipo vineyards closest to the Andes, rising from the plain into the foothills southeast of Santiago.
Puente Alto
An area in Chile's upper Maipo Valley at the foot of the Andes, just south of Santiago, known for Cabernet Sauvignon.

Carmen
A Chilean winery where, in 1994, vines long taken for Merlot were identified as Carmenère, a Bordeaux grape thought lost to phylloxera.

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