Viña Aresti

The winery

Viña Aresti was born in 1951, when Vicente Aresti Astica bought Fundo Bellavista, some 4 kilometers south of Molina, within the municipality of Río Claro and the Curicó Valley. For almost half a century its wines were sold to other wineries, until in 1999, after renovating its facilities, the house made the leap to bottled wine and export, which today reaches more than 40 countries. After the death of Don Vicente, at 92, his daughters Begoña and Ana María Aresti López took over. The winery is part of the family group ACW, which also makes the Espíritu de Chile brand, and its winemaking manager is Jon Usabiaga, with the winery since 2005.

The group works four estates of its own near the Claro River (Bellavista, Micaela, Peñaflor and La Reserva), with 350 hectares planted out of a total of 1,150. Bellavista, with soils low in stones, is given over to Sauvignon Blanc and Gewürztraminer; Peñaflor, with deep clay-loam soils, yields mainly Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc and Carménère. The winery covers 5,000 m², with capacity for 9 million liters and a climate-controlled room for a thousand barrels. At the top of the range are Código 380, a blend created for the winery's 65th anniversary, and Family Collection, born from the blend Don Vicente used to prepare for his family. They are followed by Trisquel Series, with wines from different points of the valley, from the Vichuquén coast to a Merlot grown at 1,245 meters; Trisquel Gran Reserva; and Aresti Reserva, whose label recalls Perica, Don Vicente's pickup truck. The winery is certified under the Vinos de Chile Sustainability Code and uses sheep to control weeds.

Aresti does not publish a regular visiting program: neither its website nor its store offers tours. The one known occasion to walk its estates was the Caminata Entre Viñedos (Walk Among the Vineyards), organized with the Ruta del Vino Valles de Curicó. It took place on Sunday 28 June 2026 at the La Reserva estate, with about 8 kilometers among the vineyards, a stop at a replica of the Sol de Retamilla geoglyph, five tasting stations and a finish on the shores of the Tranque La Reserva reservoir; there is no indication it will be repeated. To buy wines there is the online store, which sells mostly cases of six bottles and ships throughout Chile, and a wine shop that the winery mentions on Instagram without giving an address or hours. Google Maps lists a winery shop beside Ruta 5 Sur, in Sagrada Familia, about 14 kilometers in a straight line north of the cellar. Before going, confirm with the Santiago office, +56 2 2956 7400, or at contacto@acw.cl.