The Producer
Hacienda Araucano
Although François and his brother Jacques Lurton had been making Chilean wine since 1992, it was not until 2000 that they found the perfect spot in the Colchagua Valley. They bought 200 hectares (combining seven different estates into a single family) in an area that had never previously been used for winegrowing. Today, the estate has 28 hectares of vines, and Lolol has become a sought-after location for wine production. Located in a magnificent spot on the Ruta del Vino, we developed wine tourism on the estate to cater to the growing numbers of wine enthusiasts in Colchagua Valley.
Wines by Hacienda Araucano
Gran Araucano 2018
Chile| Chile Central Valley DO Humo Blanco Sauv. Blanc 2022
Chile| Chile Central Valley DO Humo Blanco Pinot Noir 2022
Chile| Chile Central Valley DO Denomination of Origin
Chile Central Valley DO
The Central Valley concentrates most of the wine production of Chile. It is subdivided into four smaller regions coinciding with river valleys, including the Maipo, Rapel, Curicó and Maule valleys. And sub-zones within each of these valleys have been further included, such as the Colchagua and Cachapoal Valleys in the Rapel Valley, or Licantén in the Curicó valley. Most recently a number of smaller sub-zones inside the sub-zones have been identified according to specific unique traits, such as the Lolol DO and the Apalta Valley DO in the Colchagua Valley, very special sites that we will visit in this documentary.
