[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1485001929326{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Wine Score” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][basel_counter size=”large” label=”Critics’ Score, Aggregated” value=”88″][vc_progress_bar values=”%5B%7B%22label%22%3A%22Tim%20Atkin%22%2C%22value%22%3A%2288%22%7D%5D” bgcolor=”custom” options=”striped,animated” custombgcolor=”#600202″ customtxtcolor=”#ffffff” units=”Points”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1569128428938{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Montes Alpha, the pioneer wine that showed the way to all other Chilean premium wines. It remains #1 in the Chilean premium wine niche, having proven early on our credibility as a world-class premium wine producer. All our Alpha wines have received ‘Top Scoring’ and ‘Best Value’ from the influential Wine Spectator magazine: quite an achievement for Chilean wines at this price level.

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Chilean wine

Chilean wine has a long history for a New World wine region, as it was the 16th century when the Spanish conquistadors brought Vitis vinifera vines with them as they colonized the region. In the mid-19th century, French wine varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenère and Franc were introduced. In the early 1980s, a renaissance began with the introduction of stainless steel fermentation tanks and the use of oak barrels for aging. Wine exports grew very quickly as quality wine production increased. The number of wineries has grown from 12 in 1995 to over 70 in 2005

A large number of French people immigrated to Chile during the late 20th century, bringing more vinicultural knowledge to the country. Chile is now the fifth largest exporter of wines in the world, and the seventh largest producer. The climate has been described as midway between that of California and France. The most common grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère. So far Chile has remained free of the phylloxera louse, which means that the country’s grapevines do not need to be grafted with phylloxera-resistant rootstocks

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