Viñedos Marchigüe

The winery

Viñedos Marchigüe was born in 1994 in the municipality that gives it its name, at the western end of the Colchagua Valley, as a project of Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera and his family to build up an agricultural industry that would drive the economy of this dry-farmed area. It is operated by the company Viñedos Errázuriz Ovalle S.A., hence the eov.cl domain of its email addresses. With more than 2,500 hectares planted, almost all in Colchagua and a portion in Curicó, it presents itself as the largest family winery in Chile; it exports to more than 30 countries and in 2025 was named Best Winery at the Catad'Or World Wine Awards.

Marchigüe lies about 30 kilometers from the Pacific: rain is scarce, a cool wind blows in from the sea in the afternoons, and the vines grow on rolling hills and slopes of granite soils with clay. The winery is northeast of the town, in the La Esperanza area, surrounded by vineyards and reservoirs; it has capacity for 34 million liters, its own bottling plant and a room of close to a thousand barrels, mostly French oak. Everything from bulk wine and varietals to longer-aged lines is made there, such as Panul (which has an organic-grape version), Alto Tierruca, Pichilemu, Pailimo, Tricyclo, Marchigüe Liebre and Marchigüe Private Collection, with Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère and Syrah as the main grapes. The icon wine, Máximo de Marchigüe, blends six varieties from the Alto Tierruca and Santa Ana vineyards, next to the town, and La Quebrada, near Lolol, and spends more than two years in new barrels; the house also makes a late harvest, Tierruca.

The winery publishes no visits or wine tourism programs. Its wines are bought in the official online store, tiendamarchigue.cl, which sells cases of six bottles (twelve half bottles in the case of the late harvest) with delivery, and sales inquiries are handled at the Santiago offices, at Amunátegui 178, and by email at ventas@eov.cl.