Chile Cadastral
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A glance at the Wine Routes
The Wine Routes of Chile are nestled between the Andes Cordillera in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west. The rivers that cross the watersheds discharged the rain and the snowmelt waters of the Andes Mountains on the Pacific Ocean where the cold Humboldt Current runs alongside the Chilean coastline from the Antarctic sea northwards looking to reach the equatorial warm waters.
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Aconcagua Valley
High above the valley, as a backdrop and rising to an altitude of 6.962 m above sea level, (22,838 ft), and by extension the highest point in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, looms the preposterously tall Mount Aconcagua, whose snowmelt provides during the summer months of unpolluted abundant irrigation for the valley’s bone-dry vineyards.
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Apalta Valley
Apalta Valley is a subregion of the Colchagua Valley which belongs to the Rapel Valley and it is included in the Central Valley of Chile viticultural region. The Rapel Valley is divided into the Cachapoal Valley and the southern Colchagua Valley with the areas of San Fernando, Chimbarongo, Nancagua, Santa Cruz, Palmilla, Peralillo and Apalta.
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Bío-Bío Valley
Bío-Bío Valley is comprised within the region which is the southern boundary of the viticultural zone of the Central Valley. Its boundaries are, to the north the Maule administrative region and to the south the Araucanía administrative region.
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Cachapoal Valley
Cachapoal Valley belongs to the Rapel valley vine-growing zone and it is included in the Central Valley of Chile; it is located south of Santiago in the Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins region whose capital is the city of Rancagua.
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Casablanca Valley
The Casablanca Valley is located in the coastal plain of the Aconcagua region. The relief shows mostly far mountains and soft hills below 400 m.a.s.l. Heights increase where the Coastal Range rises. Vineyards are cultivated in flat or softly sloping lands; water for irrigation is obtained from deep wells, Los Sauces brook and La Vinilla and Perales reservoirs.
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Cauquenes Valley
Cauquenes Valley is a sub-region of the Tutuvén Valley within the Maule Valley.The main variety here consists of very old goblet-trained Carignan vines. This is a dry-farmed vineyard with no irrigation and very low yields, thus ensuring a perfect combination of concentrated fruit and complexity in the wine. Most of the soil is clay-based and deep, with low fertility.
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Cautín Valley
Cautín Valley corresponds to the homonymous province and it is one of two provinces in the southern Chilean region of La Araucanía, bounded on the north by Arauco and Malleco provinces, on the east by the neighbor Republic of Argentina, south by Valdivia Province, and west by the Pacific Ocean.
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Central Valley
Central Valley is one of the six winegrowing regions of Chile identified as such according to the Agricultural Decree Law nº 464 of December 14, 1994, establishing the viticultural zoning of the country and setting the norms for its use as D.O. (Denominations of Origin). Chilean wines with this appellation of origin must be made with at least 75% of grapes coming from within the region.
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Choapa Valley
Choapa Valley belongs to the Coquimbo winegrowing Region located between 29° 20´and 32° 15´ latitude south and includes three rivers, the Elqui, Limarí and Choapa rivers. All of them are born in the Andes range mountain flowing to the sea and giving their names to the three wine growing valleys: the Elqui Valley, the Limarí Valley and the Choapa Valley.
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Colchagua Valley
Colchagua Valley belongs to the Rapel Valley viticultural zone and it is included in the Central Valley viticultural region. The Colchagua Valley is located south of the Cachapoal Valley and comprises San Fernando, Chimbarongo, Nancagua, Santa Cruz, Palmilla, Peralillo and Apalta areas.
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Copiapó Valley
Copiapó Valley took its name from the homonymous river born from the confluence of the tributaries Jorquera, Pulido and Manflas, at 1,400 m.a.s.l. and 90 kilometers East from the city of Copiapó, in Juntas. The Copiapó River is intensively used for agricultural purposes, the irrigation of fluvial terraces and fertile plains sectors, which also receive abundant mists.
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Curicó Valley
Curicó Valley viticultural region is located between 34º41′ and 36º33’ latitude south and comprises the Teno Valley and the Lontué Valley. The Curicó Valley is within the Central Valley (sunken basin), 200 kilometres south of Santiago and its centre is the city of Curicó.
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Elqui Valley
Elqui Valley belongs to the Coquimbo winegrowing Region which is located between 29°20´ and 32°15´ latitude south and includes the Elqui, Limarí and Choapa rivers. All the three rivers are born in the Andes range mountain flowing to the sea and giving their names to the three wine growing valleys: the Elqui Valley, the Limarí Valley and the Choapa Valley.
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Huasco Valley
Huasco River basin results from the joining of the Tránsito and El Carmen rivers (in San Félix Valley, former Valley of the Spaniards), 90 km east from the coastline. Heavy morning mists coming from the seafront is one notable feature of the valley.
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Itata Valley
Once the viticultural centre of the new world’s Spanish Crown colony, where vines were planted as far back as the first decade of the 1600s, the Itata steep granitic hills are a forgotten viticultural region which survived in spite of being for a long time neglected. Some varieties, such as País, adapted so well to the terroir, that it is no rare to find old head-trained vines which have reached over 100 years old.
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Leyda Valley
Leyda Valley is a sub-region of the San Antonio Valley, located 90 kilometers to the Southwest of Santiago between Casablanca and San Antonio. The Leyda Valley distance to the Pacific Ocean coastline is just 7 kilometers.
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Limarí Valley
Limarí Valley belongs to the Coquimbo vine-growing Region located between 29°20´and 32°15´latitude south and includes three rivers, the Elqui, Limarí and Choapa rivers. All rivers are born in the Andes range mountain flowing to the sea and giving their names to the three wine growing valleys: the Elqui Valley, the Limarí Valley and the Choapa Valley.
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Maipo Valley
Maipo Valley is the iconic valley regarding the origin of the wines of Chile. In this valley were founded the first vineyards in the XVI century. Watered by the homonymous river, it is located between 32º55′ and 34º19′ latitude south, and between 69°47’ and 71°43’ longitude west. The areas of Santiago, Pirque, Puente Alto, Buin, Isla de Maipo, Talagante, Melipilla, Alhué and María Pinto belong to the Maipo Valley.
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Malleco Valley
The Viaduct of Malleco is a railway bridge on the Malleco River designed and supervise by the Chilean engineer Victorino Aurelio Lastarria. It was constructed by Schneider et Cie. from Le Creusot, with parts manufactured in France. It was built between 1886 and 1889 and finished the same year with the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was opened on October 26, 1890.
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Marga Marga Valley
Marga Marga Valley is a denomination of origin for wines from the homonymous wine area, which establishes the winegrowing zone of the country and sets the standard for use as appellation of origin. Marga Marga Valley is located within the winegrowing region of Aconcagua and includes the commune of Quilpué, in the Marga Marga Province.
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Maule Valley
Maule Valley is limited northward by the Curicó Valley and south by the Biobío region, where the last to the second southern viticultural region begins. The Maule Valley belongs to the Central Valley viticultural region and it was one of the first areas where vines were planted and its viticulture history stretches back to the start of the Spanish Crown colonisation.
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Osorno Valley
Osorno Valley corresponds to the homonymous commune which is the capital of the Osorno Province, which belongs to the Austral Viticultural Region. At the Osorno Valley there is the confluence of Rahue and Damas Rivers. Osorno is one out of the three valleys which do not have indigenous names.
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Rapel Valley
Rapel valley vine-growing zone is included in the Central Valley of Chile; Its boundaries are, North the Santiago metro-politan region at 33° 50’ latitude South, and South the Maule region at 34° 45’ latitude south, to the west the Pacific Ocean and to the east the Andes mountains. This viticultural zone is divided into the Cachapoal Valley and the Colchagua Valley.
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San Antonio Valley
The San Antonio Valley is a seafront fringe valley located in the coastal plateau of the Aconcagua viticultural region. The relief is of hills not over 500 m.a.s.l. and soft slopes. The vines are cultivated in sloping lands irrigated with water pumped from deep wells. The San Antonio valley has a warm temperate climate. Due to its location and relief, it receives the influence of the sea, through coastal winds, which moderate the temperatures.