Viña Montes

Winery · Colchagua

Viña Montes

Winery · Colchagua

I-350, Santa Cruz, O'Higgins, Chile

Highlights

Montes Winery in Chile’s Colchagua Valley offers stunning vineyard views, unique barrel-aging with Gregorian chants, and elegant tastings.

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"Sophisticated Sipping at Montes Winery Widely regarded as Chile 's pioneer premium winery, the first to export higher quality wines from Chile nearly two decades ago, Montes is synonymous with the Colchagua Valley. Located in the heart of the micro appellation Apata where its finest vineyards are planted, the modern winery sits at the feet of the steep hillsides where the vines climb at gravity-defying angles (brave grape pickers every harvest). Many loyal Montes' lovers make the pilgrimage to visit the winery and particularly love the impressive, semi-circular underground cellar lying in the heart of the building. Built with concentric half-rings of 800 new French oak barrels, the cellar truly appears to be a "stage." Here, the Montes "icon" wines like Purple Angel, Folly (Syrah) and Montes M quietly age while listening to the soothing sounds of Gregorian chants. Guests can visit the winery and then choose from a variety of tastings. Or they can stop in for a quick lunch at Cafe Alfredo and sip their earthy Carmenere on the terrace with stunning views of the vine-covered hillsides. Photo: Montes Wines"

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Loren Viera

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Montes is the best Winery that we have visited! Maybe it was the ageing room where classical music is played 24/7. Or was it the actual wines ? The scenery even on a rainy day, the food ? The people? It's a combination of all ! Thanks to our guide Eric, knowledgeable, friendly and best of all knows exactly what he's talking about without been a wine snob. We will be returning in April for the harvest 🥰

Cristobal Quezada

Google

Montes was a very beautiful and enriching experience. High quality wines. We took the tour, Eric was the best guide ever in a winery. I hope you have the tour with him. We went up to the hill to try the first white wine, with an outstanding view. We were explained how the Fen Shui was the base of the design of the architecture of the winery. I really recommend this winery in your visit in Santa Cruz.

R C L

Google

A fabulous vineyard ! The vineyard tour & wine tasting was absolutely great. Following the touring of the vineyard with a detailed history of the estate the tour then went into the details of wine making. The tour was very informative & interesting. The subsequent visit to the store room where the wine ages in the oak barrels was surreal. Gregorian chants help the wine to age. - What an experience ! The wine tasting consisted of 2 icon wines 🍷 which were absolutely delicious to try - Purple Angel & 'M' . A great experience which can only be highly recommended.

Renee Couture

Google

What a fabulous tour we had with Nicole at the Montes Vineyard! Unique experience highly worth the detour! Surprising approach I'll leave you to discover (although some might have given it away). Worth eating at the restaurant too, in the middle of the vines 😍🍷

Mitch Stewart

Google

They deserve to be called the third best winery in the world. From top to bottom everything is first class. The wines are all delicious and the tour is very very informative. We got to visit during the Cabernet Sauvignon crush and see the equipment in action. Love the glasses in the tasting room.

Claire H

Google

We arrived after running 12KM, they had a beautiful area near the shop but we couldn’t enjoy a glass of wine there. We ended up in the restaurant which was beautiful but very expensive. We paid 6000 for a 200ml bottle of water! Maybe the tour would’ve been better but I am sommelier trained and do not need another tour! They also didn’t care we chose their vineyard for our anniversary.

Bob Rodgers

Google

We took a tour of the winery which gave a good overview of the grounds and their wine making process, and included a nice tasting. Beautiful winery and the best part had to be having lunch at the restaurant sitting right in among the vines.

Elisabeth Bik

Google

Nice winery with English tours. Our tour included a horse-drawn carriage tour through the beautiful vineyards. Nice views of the surrounding hills. Other tours went in an motorized open van farther up the hill. We also saw the barrel room where wine is ripening in oak barrels while listening to Gregorian chant music to create vibrations, which are supposed to make the wine even better! Great tasting of 5 wines is also included in the tour. Wines were very expensive, though, so we did not buy one.