Maule Valley
Chile's old-vine heartland
- Soil
- Dry, granitic soils with old dry-farmed bush vines (some 100+ years).
- Style
- Fresh, rustic-revived País and concentrated old-vine Carignan ('VIGNO').
- Top sites
- Cauquenes for old Carignan; the VIGNO old-vine Carignan movement.
- Vintages
- 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Producers
- Garage Wine Co.GillmoreBouchon (País)
Tip · Long Chile's bulk-wine engine, Maule is now its most exciting frontier — a new wave reviving century-old dry-farmed País and Carignan bush vines.
Value pick
Bouchon 'País Salvaje' · ~$20
Wild, old-vine País — fresh, light and characterful; the unlikely face of Chile's old-vine revival.
Collector pick
De Martino 'Viejas Tinajas' or VIGNO Carignan · ~$45 · 2018
Concentrated dry-farmed old-vine Carignan from the VIGNO movement — Maule's serious, age-worthy, collectible side.