Viña Los Vascos
“I could not resist being a pioneer in Chile and giving a challenge to my team. We chose the place for its unique location and land”
Baron Eric de Rothschild
The vineyard
A great vineyard that has matured
In one single plot, the vineyard is located at 34°30’ latitude and 71°30’ longitude, 40 km from the Pacific Ocean and 200 km to the southwest of Santiago. It is the largest vineyard in the central Colchagua valley, at the foot of Mount Cañeten.
The 580 hectares under vine are composed of sandy-clay soils and granite soils, both of volcanic origin. The vineyard is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon (85%) Carménère (5%), Syrah (4%), Malbec (1%) and Chardonnay (5%). Given that there was major replanting at the beginning of the 1990s, the vineyard is divided between a group of 15-year old plots and another group of 40 to 50-year old plots. The oldest grapevines are 70 years old. The Sauvignon Blanc and some of the Los Vascos Chardonnay comes from vineyards under long-term contracts in the cooler regions of the Pacific coast (Casablanca and Leyda) or the foothills of the Andes (Colchagua Andes).
Traditional growing techniques are employed. Drip irrigation is adjusted to correspond exactly to the vines' requirements and green harvesting is carried out where necessary to ensure that quality objectives are always met.
The property is managed by Claudio Naranjo, with technical assistance from vineyard manager Enrique Marquez; Marcelo Gallardo and Maximiliano Correa manage the wines and the cellar. Eric Kohler, DBR's Technical Director, provides technical supervision.
