Established in 1824 by the Ossa Family, Viña La Rosa is one of Chile’s oldest wineries, and is renowned for its award-winning, consistently excellent estate-grown and bottled wines.
❤️The Vineyards Viña La Rosa has 864.1 hectares (2,135.2 acres) of vineyards planted in the Cachapoal Valley.
The vineyards themselves are divided into three different estates:
• La Rosa - Peumo• Cornellana• La Palmería de CocalánThe Cachapoal valley is located in the warm, central part of Chile, a two and a half hour drive from Santiago, Chile’s capital city. Cachapoal, which lies in the northern part of the Rapel Valley, is one of Chile’s historic wine growing regions and within it, Viña La Rosa enjoys a unique position on the banks of the Cachapoal river. The climate is ideal for growing good quality wine grapes.
The Cachapoal Valley is protected by the Chilean coastal range, which reduces the influence of cool and humid winds coming from the Pacific Ocean. And due to their particular location within the Cachapoal valley, our Cornellana and La Palmería de Cocalán estates benefit from this mountain range "shield". On the other hand, by being located in a plain near the Cachapoal river, our La Rosa - Peumo estate benefits from more exposure to the Pacific Ocean influence, which provides a very good climate for white grapes.
• Soil: The soils found in the Cachapoal area are alluvial-colluvial soils. They have a loam to silty clayey texture of medium depth, with moderate organic matter content and good drainage.
This results in well balanced vines, good fruit ratio, low yielding, intensely flavoured grapes, etc.
• Climate: The Cachapoal Valley has a warm climate, often compared to that of California’s Napa Valley. It is situated between the 33° and 34° latitude, and is only 19 miles (30 kms) inland from the coast of the cold Pacific Ocean.
The warm sunny days of summer are cooled at night by cold breezes coming from the west and the mild-hot summers are followed by cool autumns and also relatively mild winters. Cachapoal is reputed to have one of the longest and most even ripening seasons which allows for just the right amount of ripeness while retaining good acid levels for fruit freshness. This provides excellent varietal character with rounded tannins, great flavour and excellent acidity balance.