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Viña Valle Secreto

Boutique winery at the foot of the Andes, in Los Maquis (Malloa): nearly 30 ha of vineyard, a semicircular cellar and a chapel from around 1830. Tours with tasting, lunch, picnics and a treasure map.

Verified on November 3, 2026Boutique winery
Vista aérea de una casona blanca con torre y techos de tejas entre hileras de viña, con una laguna y la bodega oscura más atrás y cerros andinos al fondo
Photo: Viña Valle Secreto

Experiences (6)

Experience names and descriptions are the ones published by the winery, in Spanish.

Tres botellas de la línea First Edition, Carménère, Cabernet Sauvignon y Syrah, sobre una repisa de madera frente a un estante de botellas en penumbra
Tour and tasting

Tour Primera Experiencia

Recorrido de 10 estaciones por viñedos, calicatas, bodega y capilla colonial, con degustación de la línea First Edition; los vinos se…

from CLP 18,5001 h 30 minTue to SatEnglish
Vino tinto vertido en una copa sostenida por una mano, junto a cuatro botellas de las líneas First Edition y Private sobre una barra
Premium tasting

Tour Experiencia Mixta

Recorrido de 10 estaciones por viñedos, calicatas, bodega y capilla colonial, con degustación de 4 vinos a elegir: 2 de la línea First…

from CLP 31,5001 h 30 minTue to SatEnglish
Mesa puesta con platos, vasos y copas, con una botella de Valle Secreto Private al centro y una mano que sostiene una copa al fondo, bajo luces cálidas
Lunch or dinner

Tour con Almuerzo

Recorrido por las instalaciones, el campo y la bodega, degustación de 3 vinos de gama premium e ícono y almuerzo de tres tiempos. Mínimo…

from CLP 69,0004 hTue to Sat
Canasta de picnic sobre un mantel a cuadros rojos y blancos, con una tabla de quesos, salame, frutillas y frutos secos, dos copas de vino tinto y una botella de la línea Origen
Picnic

Picnic en Valle Secreto

Se retiran manta y canasta y el grupo se instala en uno de los lugares preparados en la viña. Incluye frutos secos, fruta de la…

from CLP 30,0004 hTue to Sat
Baúl de madera con la marca Valle Secreto, dos copas de vino tinto, una botella First Edition, frascos con galletas y un mapa sobre una mesa, con el sol poniéndose detrás de un árbol
Hike

Mapa del Tesoro

Caminata al aire libre: se pide el mapa en la casona y se siguen las pistas por la viña hasta un baúl de madera con sorpresas. Para…

from CLP 40,0004 hTue to Sat
Vista aérea de una casona blanca con torre y techos de tejas entre hileras de viña, con una laguna y la bodega oscura más atrás y cerros andinos al fondo
Experience

Tour Secreto

La viña lo anunció entre sus experiencias disponibles el 24 de octubre de 2026, sin publicar en línea qué incluye, cuánto dura ni su…

At a glance

Rating4.6 / 5 on Google
Founded2007
Vineyard30 ha
Flagship grapes
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCarménèreSyrah
Awards
  • Descorchados 2026, Informe Chile: Private Cabernet Sauvignon 2020, 93 puntos, entre los grandes cabernets de US$15 a US$20
  • Tim Atkin 2025, según la viña: Origen Cabernet Franc 2023, 94 puntos
  • Tim Atkin 2024, según la viña: Private Blend 2022, 95 puntos
  • Catad'Or World Wine Awards 2024, según la viña: Private Cabernet Franc 2022, Medalla Gran Oro
  • Descorchados 2024, según la viña: Origen Cabernet Franc 2022, 93 puntos, selección de los mejores Cabernet Franc de Chile
  • Descorchados 2024, según la viña: Profundo 2019, 94 puntos, selección de los mejores vinos de Cachapoal Andes

The winery

Valle Secreto occupies a corner of the far southeastern end of the Cachapoal Valley, in the Los Maquis area of the municipality of Malloa, 132 km south of Santiago and 8 km up toward the mountains. The project began in the late 1990s as an idea of Antonio Puntí and Claudio Berndt, who spent a couple of years looking for an estate on which to make only fine wines. The winery dates its birth to 2007 and says it bottled its first wines around 2010; today Claudio Berndt runs it with his family. Next to the vineyards stands the chapel of San José de Los Maquis, begun around 1830 for the wedding of Josefa Eulalia Madariaga, daughter of the owners of the old estate. It opened to the community in 1870 and in 2010 the winery pledged to the Archdiocese of Rancagua to restore and maintain it.

The estate has 70 hectares in the Cachapoal Andes D.O., at 550 meters above sea level and crossed by the Rigulemu stream: almost 30 are planted and around 30 are kept wild. The soils are more alluvial near the stream and more colluvial farther from it, and the difference between day and night temperatures reaches 20 °C. There are Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Viognier on trellises, harvested into 12-kilo crates. The two-level winery, semicircular in plan, uses a mobile arm to carry the grapes to the tanks by gravity; its steel tanks are small, from 3,500 to 10,000 liters. There are five lines: First Edition, single-variety wines and a Viognier Late Harvest; Private, limited and numbered editions; Origen, held in egg-shaped vessels made with alluvial stones from the estate itself; De Fruta Madre, a carbonic-maceration Carménère inspired by Beaujolais, and Profundo, the icon wine, a five-grape blend with 24 months in 500-liter barrels. The house was accredited under the Wines of Chile Sustainability Code in early 2018 and says it is present in more than 15 countries.

Visits run Tuesday to Saturday, with prior booking, and are arranged with the tourism team by email or phone. The Tour Primera Experiencia and the Tour Experiencia Mixta last 90 minutes and cover vineyards, soil pits, winery and chapel before the tasting. There is also a tour with a three-course lunch, a picnic with a basket, a Mapa del Tesoro (treasure map) designed for visiting with children and a Tour Secreto, whose content the winery does not detail online. The winery has a bar and café, and Casa Valle Secreto, its events center, has gardens and terraces. The wine shop is at the same address and opens Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 17:00 and Saturdays 9:00 to 14:00; wines can also be ordered by WhatsApp from the website. The commercial offices are elsewhere, at Ruta 5 Sur km 103, in Rengo.

Gallery

Photos: Viña Valle Secreto.

Vista aérea de una casona blanca con torre y techos de tejas entre hileras de viña, con una laguna y la bodega oscura más atrás y cerros andinos al fondo
Vista aérea de una casona blanca con torre y techos de tejas entre hileras de viña, con una laguna y la bodega oscura más atrás y cerros andinos al fondo · Photo: Viña Valle Secreto

Getting there

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Verification

Profile verified on November 3, 2026 by The Wine Travel Guide team against official sources.

Winery registered with the SAG (Chile's agricultural service) as a wine producer (official list, November 2026).

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