Viña Marty

The winery

Viña Marty was born in 2008 as the personal project of Pascal Marty, a French winemaker who graduated in Bordeaux in 1982. Before that he worked more than fourteen years for Baron Philippe de Rothschild, was part of the technical team at Opus One in California, and came to Chile in the 1990s to run Almaviva, that house's joint venture with Concha y Toro; he later designed Lota, the first icon wine of Cousiño Macul. Today he shares the winemaking with Álvaro Reyes, technical manager since 2017, and Camila Ruz, head winemaker since 2018, who is pursuing an agroecological approach.

It is not a single-estate winery. The cellar, renovated and fitted with equipment bought in 2018, is in Curicó, and bottling happens there too; its 2022 catalog speaks of about 800,000 bottles a year. The grapes come from several valleys: for the 2026 harvest the winery names Leyda, Maipo Alto, Colchagua, Curicó and Maule, and on its website also Cachapoal and Aconcagua. Part comes from partner growers who, according to the winery, have shared in the proceeds of sales since 2014. Its historic vineyard is two ungrafted hectares in Pirque, in Maipo Alto, which Pascal Marty planted beside his house more than thirty years ago: these yield Clos de Fa, the icon wine, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah, and the single-vineyard Ser wines, except the Carménère, which comes from Cachapoal. Kalak and Corazón del Indio blend Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère and Syrah; Pillpintu (or Mariposa Alegre), Pacha and Chaka complete the range. The most unusual line is Goutte d'Argent: Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Leyda fermented at about 6 °C with Japanese sake yeast, a technique the winery presents as unique in the world. The label names come from a local legend about the warrior Kalak and the princess Fa, and from the mountain ridge in Pirque called Corazón del Indio.

The winery publishes no tours, tastings or visiting hours, and its online booking page offers no service. The direct way to get to know its wines is its online store, which delivers to your door, or its WhatsApp, +56 9 4402 6622, which also takes orders. Prices start at CLP 5,000 for export leftovers and CLP 5,990 for the Chaka line. The published address of the cellar is Longitudinal Sur km 196, beside Ruta 5; anyone wishing to see it should write first to info@vinamarty.cl to ask whether it is possible.