Volcanes, Carménère, Chile’s Rapel Valley fine food red wine
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Bodegas Volcanes de Chile is the winery in the town of Talagante, ca. 30 km south-east of Santiago, itself in the Maipo region. Rapel is south from Santiago and wedged in between the wine regions of Maipo to the north and Curicó to the south. Rapel includes the wine regions of Cachapoal and Colchagua. The latter two names are more often found on labels than Rapel.
Volcanes is part of the Grupo Vinos de Pacifico (GVP), established in 2006 and which originates from 1885, Viña Unddurraga, bringing together the international brands from Talagante. 2006 Was also the year that Volcanes was started and in 2009 was joined by its current head wine maker María del Pilar, who came with a lot of wine experience over many years. The use of the volcanic soil for its wines has been the driving force, within the GVP estates. They have estates in various wine regions, such as Leyda, Maule, Maipo, Rapel and the Malleco Valley.
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