Chile makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 43 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
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Chile
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The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
9 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
Central Valley
Chile's Central Valley trades subtlety for scale, a vast red-wine engine where Carmenère finds earthiness and Cabernet builds power…
Rapel Valley
Rapel Valley trades the softness of northern Chile for structure—here, Carmenère ripens with grip, Cabernet builds tannin, and the…
Maule Valley
Maule Valley pulls Carmenère and Syrah from granite-heavy soils that demand extraction—wines built on tannin architecture rather than…
Colchagua Valley
406 estates working under the regional appellation.
Maipo Valley
Chile's oldest fine-wine region trades Cabernet's dark fruit for savory earth and graphite—a cooler, drier expression than the warmer…
Curico Valley
Curicó turns clay-heavy soils into wines of unusual structure: reds with firm tannins and earth-driven depth, whites marked by minerality…
Aconcagua
Aconcagua pours the iron and savory depth of Carmenère and Cabernet grown at the foot of the Andes, where mountain wind and Pacific cool…
South
The South draws obsessive attention to granite and schist—terroirs that reward restraint. Here, winemakers push ripeness only as far as…
Cachapoal Valley
Cachapoal Valley produces lean, structured reds that demand food—Carmenère and Cabernet built for the valley's hot days and cool nights,…
The country’s house grammar.
The 8 styles Chile makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of chile’s production.
6,979
Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon — the country’s most numerous bottle.
4,249
3,133
3,106
2,915
1,629
1,560
1,423
The houses that keep showing up.
9 Chile estates the prestige critics have agreed on — ordered by the count of 95+ scores across Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.
Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across Chile our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
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Traditional · Japanese Fusion — Curicó
88
Pescados Capitales Chile
Grill · Seafood · Mediterranean — Vitacura
50
TrangolRestaurant
Traditional · Latin American — Temuco
43
Nómade
Tacos · Ethnic Fusion · Spanish Style — Santiago
41
Restaurante Casa Luz
Grill · Latin American · Traditional — Providencia
41
Santí
Grill · Latin American — Santiago
40
Cafè Calú
Latin American · Traditional — El Quisco
40
Casa Las Cujas - Chile
Street Food · Seafood · Latin American — Zapallar
40
CANKUN
Grill · Latin American · European — Puerto Montt
40
white bricks
Street Food · Traditional · Ethnic Fusion — Isla de Pascua
40
Quinoa
Grill · Latin American · Traditional — Calama
40
I N D I G O
Barbecue · Street Food · Latin American — Copiapó
40
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