It is telling that most Chileans take their title as a “good-value” wine producer to be a burdensome insinuation that their wines are pedestrian and dull. But that assumption couldn’t be further from the truth with the exciting wine scene in Chile today.
Wine producers are tireless in their quest to conquer the far extremes of Chile with new roots and vines. The traditional parameters of viticulture are being broken on an almost annual basis as producers push further north to the limits of the Atacama Desert, deeper south between the lakes of Patagonia, higher into the Andes mountains and creep closer to the cool, Pacific coastline.
One of the true trailblazers of Chilean wine today is De Martino, which has vinified wines from over 350 different vineyard sites across Chile searching for the most distinct and expressive terroirs. Established in 1934, this family winery is based in the heartland of high-quality Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon – in Maipo – however Cabernet is just one feather to De Martino’s bow…
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