Aquitania
Viña Aquitania is located at the foot of the Andes - with panoramic views, our tour takes you through every aspect on wine production.
About the winery
Viña Aquitania is a venture of four partners, four friends, four Oenologists Agricultural Engineers. Felipe Solminihac, a Chilean who works daily at Viña Aquitania. Former owner Bruno Prats of Chateau Cos d'Estournel, Paul Pontallier (RIP), Former CEO of Château Margaux, and Ghislain de Montgolfier, former president of Champagne Bollinger. The winery and vineyards are located in Maipo Alto, the commune of Peñalolén, 20 minutes from downtown Santiago. Furthermore, the winery cultivates Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines in Malleco Valley, 650 km south of Santiago and the southernmost commercial vineyards in Chile.
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Location
Maipo Andes
History & Geography
Our History In 1984 Bruno Prats and Paul Pontallier well known Agronomists and winemakers in the region of Bordeaux, France, start looking in Chile for a high quality terroir to create an original and unique vineyard. They partnered with a mutual friend, Felipe de Solminihac, Agronomist and Chilean Winemaker of French origin. In 1990 they purchased 18 hectares in the city of Santiago. Located at the foot of the Andes, the “Quebrada de Macul”, it is in the historic heart of the Maipo Valley. The first plantations were vines with Bordeaux origin that had been present in Chile since the late nineteenth century. The wine cellar was completed in 1993. In January 2002 Ghislain de Montgolfier, Agronomist from the Champagne Region and longtime friend of the founders, became the fourth partner, or as he says, recalling the novel by Alexandre Dumas, the fourth Musketeer.
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