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| | Concha y Toro. Wines of Chile |
 | | Don Melchor Concha y Toro, a distinguished Chilean lawyer, entrepreneur, and politician, decided at that time to go into the winemaking business, brought over some of the grape varieties of the Bordeaux region, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Merlot, and Carmenère to Chile, and contracted French enologist, Monsieur de Labouchere, to prepare his first wines. |
 | | I knew the Concha y Toro wines from the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, when I was traveling to Santiago twice yearly to prepare promotional material for the Chilean national airline. |
 | | Concha y Toro now has 5,730 hectares under vine in Chile - plus 790 hectares in Argentina - of which almost 1,500 are white clones mostly Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, plus some Viognier, Gewürztraminer and Riesling, while the rest are reds, mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz, Malbec, Pinot Noir, and Carmenère. |
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