Viña Fernández López (Ferlop)

The winery

Viña Fernández López, also known as Ferlop, is a family business devoted to making and bottling wines and sparkling wines. Its address is a smallholding in the Numpay area, in the municipality of Maule, a few kilometers south of Talca. In a 2021 text the winery speaks of more than 20 years in the trade, its website marks the year 2001 in its history, and the Menguante label says it has been family-owned since 1986, without explaining what happened on each date. Its presentation shows a long brick shed with blue gates and a hall of stainless-steel tanks.

The winery reports its own vineyards of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc and Carménère, plus Chardonnay and Pinot Noir as the base for sparkling wine. Its technical sheets describe vines 20 to 30 years old planted on their own roots, clay and loam soils, and manual harvesting. The origin of the grapes is not presented in a single way: the Luz de Luna labels say D.O. Valle del Maule and the winery calls Menguante a Maule wine, but the Menguante and Deva sheets speak of the Curicó Valley, and the former names the Sagrada Familia area. The Luz de Luna line brings together a Sauvignon Blanc with tropical and citrus notes and a Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva; Menguante is a Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva, with 12 months of aging in wood according to its Catad'Or entry. Deva is a Gran Brut of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in equal parts, made by the traditional method, with 30 months on the lees. The house's oddity is Luz y Pasión, a sparkling wine made from Fuji and Royal Gala apples with 7% alcohol, which won a Grand Gold in the cider category of Catad'Or 2025. Two years earlier, the same competition gave a Grand Gold to Luz de Luna Reserva 2019 and a Gold to Menguante Gran Reserva 2019.

The winery publishes no visits, wine shop or online store. Its website mentions a presence in large supermarket chains, although we did not find its wines in the online stores we were able to check, and in October 2025 it announced on Instagram that they were available in Linares and the surrounding area. It is a member of the Ruta del Vino del Valle del Maule (the Maule Valley Wine Route) and takes part in fairs: it was among the confirmed wineries at the Outlet del Vino in Talca in May 2026, with direct sales at each stand. To buy or to ask whether it receives visitors, write using the contacts in this listing or via Instagram.