The Maule Valley is the center of
gravity of the Chilean grape-growing
and wine-making culture. It has a
respectable surface of 25,446 hectares
of vineyards, where practically all
the main varieties that exist in the
country are cultivated, and it is
also the cradle of Chile's emblematic
variety: Carmenérè.
In general, the Maule Valley has a
temperate climate, with rainfall concentrating
in the winter months and half of the
spring season, followed by a long
dry season. Rainfall of aproximately
950 mm, during the dry seasons makes
irrigations necessary, which is resolved
with an infinity of irrigation channels
fed by the inexhaustible waters of
the Andes Mountain Range ice melts.
It also has a wide thermal range,
with temperature differentials of
15° and 18° C in a day, and
which can be even higher in the areas
close to the mountains, since the
night temperatures drop even lower.