Corinto/Botalcura | Specialty Cellars

Botalcura, Chile Botalcura is in the forefront of innovation and is a trendsetter in Chilean wine production.. Always daring to try new things, Botalcura produces grapes in Chile’s cooler wine regions located in the west, close to the Pacific Ocean or in the east, near the Andes Mountains. Grapes grown in cooler sites ripen more slowly, which allows the tannins to mature fully while preserving their naturally higher acidity levels, so that the finished wines have better balance between alcohol and acidity. One of the most distinctive characteristics of Botalcura wines is a slightly higher acidity level than other Chilean wines, so the freshness and velvety tannins captivate consumer’s palate. Viña Botalcura is the result of the passion of two men — one Chilean, one French, and both passionate about the small town of Botalcura and the wines they can make there. Chilean businessman Juan Fernando Waidele met French winemaker Philippe Debrus in 2000, and their fate was sealed. Waidele was seduced by the enchanting Maule Valley countryside and Debrus longed to return to the hands-on style of winemaking he learned as a young winemaker in France. They began their project in 2000 and vinified their first wine in 2002. The word Botalcura means “large stone” in Mapundungun, the language of southern Chile’s indigenous Mapuche people. Symbolically, the image of something as hard and solid as rock speaks of the power of the gods and capable of withstanding time. Both of these ideas come together in the wines of Botalcura Winery. The indomitable yet generous power of nature, the source of the intense and concentrated vines that produces very high quality wines, combines with the certainty of transcending time, of making time an ally that will bear out the excellence of Botalcura Wines.