Step by Step Sauvignon Blanc, Maule Valley, Chile
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Average Price of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD: $14
Sauvignon Blanc is a white wine grape variety from western France which is now successfully grown in emerging and established wine regions all over the world. While the grape may be more readily associated with the Loire Valley (for its pivotal role in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume), it is more likely to have originated from Bordeaux, where it is typically blended with Semillon.
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Maule Valley wine region
The Maule Valley is a wine-producing area located in Chile's Central Valley. It is the largest of the country's wine regions, despite being separated from its former sub-region, Curico, by the Chilean wine industry's drive towards greater regionalisation. Like Curico, Maule Valley produces large quantities of good-value wine, but has little to rival the prestige of Maipo or Colchagua. It also has to contend with the increasing attention being given to the cool-climate wines emerging from regions such as Bio Bio, just to the south.< ... more
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Central Valley - Chile wine region
The Central Valley (El Valle Central) of Chile is one of the most important wine-producing areas in South America in terms of volume. It is also one of the largest wine regions, stretching from the Maipo Valley (just south of Santiago) to the southern end of the Maule Valley. This is a distance of almost 250 miles ... more
