Soil is a natural body composed of layers of minerals and organic materials, which the forces of nature have shaped throughout the centuries. In many languages, Soil (Terra, in Latin) has a broad meaning, standing as a synonym of earth, land and home. In ancient cultures the word was stretched to encompass a divine maternal quality.

The soil not only feeds growing vines, it passes its character along to the ripening grapes; it gives wine a sense of matchless origin and unrepeatable legacy.

Chile is the oldest wine producer among the so-called “New World countries”. It has privileged geographic and climatic characteristics for winegrowing: particularly apt soils combine with an exceptional climate, fitting luminosity and well-defined seasons.

At the same time, our country’s geographic configuration isolates and naturally protects its wine regions. Surrounded by the Atacama Desert to the north, the Patagonian ices to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the West and the Andes Mountains to the East, these barriers stop climatic phenomena and diseases from reaching the vines.Chile is the oldest wine producer among the so-called “New World countries”. It has privileged geographic and climatic characteristics for winegrowing: particularly apt soils combine with an exceptional climate, fitting luminosity and well-defined seasons.

Our cellar is located in Peralillo, Colchagua Valley, 250 km to the southwest of Santiago, Chile’s capital city. In 2005, Wine Enthusiast described this area as
the “world’s best winegrowing region”

It has a 2-million lt. capacity and was specifically designed for the production of premium wines. Small, high technology stainless steel tanks allow us to distinguish the yields from different lots and manage them in small volumes, so as to safeguard their quality.

We use Italian machinery and mostly French oak barrels.

Javier Solari, our chief winemaker, is an agronomist and, from an early age, also a wine lover. He did his professional practice in Concha y Toro’s Puente Alto cellar, where he worked with renowned Chilean winemakers and took advantage of the opportunity to learn from them. After that, he decided to explore further and work in the US, specifically for Willamette Valley Vineyards, in Oregon.

Once in Chile, he worked as chief winemaker for the Anakena and La Fortuna wineries and, in 2005, assumed as Technical Manager of Viña Casas del Toqui.

Currently, Javier has his mind and heart set on Viña Canepa and its projects. He has been working with us since 2008 and over this period has done a fantastic job. In his wines, Javier merges his vast experience, passion for enology and profound knowledge of the potential of each terroir. Year after year he keeps making remarkable wines.

Home to some of the best Chilean white wines, the nearby Pacific Ocean and the fresh breezes it sends along the valley serve as counterweights to the high temperatures that usually last throughout the ripening season.

These characteristics are ideal for Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. In Casablanca, these varieties acquire elegant, fresh and fruit-forward notes.


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The Maipo Valley is recognized throughout the world as the birthplace of Chile’s most acknowledged red wines. It pairs alluvial soils and a climate that is particularly fine-tuned to winegrowing: high summer temperatures and barely any rain during the ripening season.

Maipo wines are voluptuous, fruit-forward and intense in their color; for example, Magnificvm and Finísimo Cabernet Sauvignon.


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The main attributes of this valley are significant day-to-night temperature variations and a clayish, low-fertility soil. Rapel produces quality grapes, particularly of the Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenere and Syrah varieties.

The greater Rapel Valley encompasses the Colchagua and Cachapoal valleys, each with its own geographic characteristics that gives rise to distinctive wines.


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This valley is one of the places with a stronger winegrowing tradition in Chile; its reputation is based on its exceptional climate and soil. The origin of its soils range from alluvial to volcanic, and irrigation is provided by watercourses that stream from the Andes Mountains. These characteristics leave a particular imprint on the valley’s fruit.

This valley, with potential for an array of wine grapes, is home to our Pinot Grigio, an Italian variety with a New World style.


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This valley’s wine history goes back to the times of the Spaniard conquest. Nowadays it features more than 30,000 hectares of vines, the largest wine-producing region in Chile.

Thanks to its red, clayish soils, warm days and windy nights, the Maule Valley has made a name for itself as a producer of amazing red wines. The interaction between climate and soil fosters ripe tannins, which in turn give way to concentrated, ripe and fresh wines with huge cellaring potential.

This valley is an ongoing surprise. Harvest after harvest of Carignan, it keeps proving its ability to produce wines of superior quality.

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