Chile — wine

Limari Valley

Chile's most exciting cool-climate wine discovery — a coastal desert valley in Coquimbo Region, 400km north of Santiago, where Pacific Ocean fog and cooling breezes penetrate 75km inland to moderate the desert heat. Limarí's calcium carbonate (limestone) soils are unique in Chile, producing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir of extraordinary mineral precision that has drawn comparison with Burgundy. The region is Chile's most internationally celebrated emerging white wine frontier.

Year Rating Notes
2023 Outstanding Pacific-influenced year; Chardonnay of exceptional mineral precision and Burgundian tension
2022 Good coastal cooling; aromatic white varieties and elegant Pinot Noir showing Limarí character
2021 Benchmark Limarí vintage; concentrated, mineral Chardonnay of remarkable complexity and freshness
2020 Reliable year with good limestone mineral character preserved across whites and reds
2019 One of Limarí's finest vintages; Pacific-influenced Chardonnay of world-class precision