Viña Perucich

The winery

Viña Perucich is a family winery in Villa Alegre, in the Loncomilla Valley, within the Maule Valley. The family says its story began more than a century ago, with a journey that set out from Croatia, passed through Italy and ended in this municipality, and that the trade goes back to the great-grandparents. Its seal recalls that with three names: Curzola, Bari and Villa Alegre. The winery presents Guido Perucich Navarrete as its founder and publishes neither a founding year nor a planted area.

Its photos show trellised vines with grass between the rows, and its current list has five wines: Reserva Carmenere 2020, Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, a Sauvignon Blanc and two sweet wines, the Late Harvest Gold and a Late Harvest Rosé that blends that wine with Carménère. At the Catad'Or World Wine Awards 2024, the Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 took Grand Gold and the Late Harvest 2022, Gold; the competition's entries list 100% Cabernet Sauvignon for the first and 100% Sauvignon Blanc, with 90 g/l of sugar, for the second. The winery adds that the Cabernet was recognized as Best Ancestral Wine and that its Carmenere was chosen third best in the region at the Noche del Carmenere (Carmenere Night).

The winery publishes no visitor program. The Ruta del Vino del Valle del Maule, the valley's wine route, of which it is a member, notes that a visit to the family winery, with tasting and direct sales, can be arranged in advance, though the same listing does not mark it as a winery with tourism, so write before you go: by WhatsApp at +56 9 7946 2342 or on Instagram, @vina_perucich. The location it manages on Google Maps is beside Ruta L-202, in the Santa Ana de Liucura area. Prices are on its digital wine list, with no shopping cart, so orders are arranged with the winery: the Late Harvests at CLP 4,000 on offer (regular price CLP 6,000) and the other three wines at CLP 6,000 on offer (regular price CLP 10,000 to 12,000). The winery has also taken its wines to Maule fairs such as the Fiesta del Chancho Muerto, Talca's traditional pork festival, and the Boulevard del Vino de Talca.