Small-Group Maipo Vineyards Full-Day Experience with Optional Lunch

8 Hours

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Hotel Pickup Offered

English,Portuguese,Spanish

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Overview

CousiÃƒÂ±o MaculCreate the ultimate Chilean wine experience thanks to this 8-hour excursion featuring your choice of stops at two or three wineries and a 4-course lunch upgrade option. Choose between visits to Concha y Toro, Santa Rita, Aquitania, and CousiÃƒÂ±o Macul Wineries, enjoying tours and tastings at each venue.

Small group trip is limited to no more than 8 guests
Explore the wineries of the Maipo Valley on this customizable excursion with a small group
Choice between visits to two or three wineries
Chance to admire the postcard-perfect scenery of the Maipo Valley
Learn about historic winemaking methods and tour the vineyards
Three wine included tastings at each winery visit
Optional trip upgrade includes 4-course sit down lunch at a local restaurant

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What To Expect

Receive a morning pickup from your accommodations in Santiago. You'll travel aboard an air-conditioned minivan, heading to the scenic Maipo Valley, tucked away at the foot of the Andes Mountains. Spend the rest of the day enjoying the beautiful surroundings, tasty wines, and elegant estates of two or three wineries. You'll pick between visits to the Concha y Toro, Santa Rita, Aquitania, and CousiÃƒÂ±o Macul Winery, enjoying tours and three wine tastings at each stop. A full a run-down of the different itinerary options at each winery is detailed below. For those guests who are interested in upgrading their trip, an optional 4-course meal at a sit-down restaurant in the Maipo Valley is available. Your meal includes an appetizer, juice or drinks, an entree, reserve wine, side dishes, salad, and dessert. You'll be transported back to Santiago at the end of your winery visit.ItineraryConcha y Toro Vineyard Recognized worldwide as the foremost wine producer and exporter in Latin America, and one of the top ten wine companies in the world. The company has reached popular recognition thanks to its Casillero del Diablo and Don Melchor brands. Visit Concha y Toro's gardens, the par, and admire the exteriors of the summer residence of Concha y Toro family, built in the 19th century. You will also learn about the origin of Concha y Toro wines at the Garden of Varieties, a place where 26 different grape strains are tested. Then visit the vineyard of Old Pirque, offering a panoramic view of the Maipo valley from the vineyard terrace. Finish with a visit to the cellar of the legendary wine "Casillero del Diablo" brand, learning the story about the beginnings of this iconic Concha y Toro wine and enjoying three tastings.Santa Rita VineyardEnjoy the majestic landscape and the big house surrounding the vineyard before the tour starts. Then take a guided tour trough the vineyards, starting at the winery and finishing with the wine bottling process. Visit the historic "Bodega 1" and the famous "Bodega de los 120 Patriotas." The tour finishes with an amazing wine tasting of some great aged wines. You'll also have time to buy some souvenirs or a bottle of wine to have later. Aquitania VineyardViÃƒÂ±a Aquitania is located at the foot of the Andes and focuses on producing high quality wines in small quantities. Visitors will have the opportunity to observe the entire process of wine production, where modern equipment is used alongside traditional wine techniques like manual labeling. You'll also get to visit the lookout of the winery, offering a panoramic view of the vineyard. This is followed by a close-up look at the vines to appreciate their state depending on the season. The tour continues with a visit to the wine cellar, barrel room, and bottle storage room and labeling sector. The tour ends with a tasting.CousiÃƒÂ±o MaculThe tour of the Vineyard CousiÃƒÂ±o Macul starts amidst the winery's old vines, spread over (240 acres) 100 hectares running towards the Andes Mountains. You'll get a look at the winery's old cellar, a brick and masonry construction completed in 1877 where the old wooden pipes used for fermentation and aging of wine are still found. You'll then get a look at the winery's more modern wine fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats. Get a look at one of the winery's most famous wines, The Lota. Then continue to small museum that celebrates the ingenuity of the wine producers of the early 20th century. You'll get a look at their historic processes of bottling and labeling using antique machinery and traditional methods. The route continues on what is arguably the most important jewel of the vineyard, the old room of aging, hidden 20 feet (7 meters) underground. The enclosure is shrouded in darkness and lit only by candles, with extremely cool temperatures thanks to an ingenious system of double walls that keeps it at about 57 °F (14 °C). Among the wines that are tasted, it's worth mentioning the exotic Gray Wine, a white wine elaborated from red grapes, impregnated with aromas of peach and apricot.

Small-Group Maipo Vineyards Full-Day Experience with Optional Lunch

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