Several centuries ago there was a monastery in Montefranco, Italy, which safeguarded the Vatican's best wines, the ones that were only used for royal or aristocratic occasions. The monks of Montefranco developed great expertise in identifying varieties and qualities. We pay tribute to that story, making now in Chile this unique wine that has all the passion, quality and hard work that made the wine collection of Montefranco world-famous.
Montefranco, Italy
MONTEFRANCO WINES
MONTEFRANCO RESERVA Cabernet Sauvignon & Carmenere
10 - 14-Year-old vines from the Maipo Valley. Clay loam soil from this valley is world-renowned for producing fine red wines from varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, and Carmenère. The warm, dry days alternate with cold nights from the Andes Mountain base, making for complex, well-balanced wines. This fertile and beautiful valley has magnificent conditions for obtaining high-quality wines.
MONTEFRANCO GRAN ETIQUETA NEGRA Cabernet Sauvignon & Carmenere
18-25 Year-old vines in clay loam soil. The Maipo Valley is world-renowned for producing some of Chile’s finest and most elegant red wines, like our Montefranco Etiqueta Negra line. The warm days of summer are followed by cool nights. Old vines, planted on slopes with rocky soils, provide the ideal conditions for producing the best red wines of the last 500 years.
Our Chief Winemarker
Andrea Jure Duarte, oenologist, graduated as an agronomist in 2000 with a degree in Oenology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. After completing her studies and taking the Oenologist Examination in 2001 and obtaining her registration in the ANIAE (National Association of Agronomist Oenologists of Chile, Registration No. 524), she has done nothing but work for the wine industry in various places in Chile. She has been assessing Montefranco since 2020. Additionally, she has done several vintages abroad (France, the United States) and worked for DOMEQ in Baja California, Mexico. In 2018, she obtained the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines, thus continuing her professional growth.
PRODUCTION WHAREHOUSE & CELLAR
Bodegas Montefranco produces its wines just 100 km south of Santiago, near the main highways in an area called Requinoa. At the foothills of the scenery Los Andes range, this colonial architecture cellar has a capacity of 36,000 hL in stainless steel, fully equipped with high-speed bottling and labeling lines, automated winemaking processes, and temperature and humidity control to ensure our products will meet the highest standards
