Viña Tres Palacios

High quality wines from the Cholqui Valley

Viña Tres Palacios is a family-run company founded in 1996 by Patricio Palacios and his wife Maria Inés Covarrubias.

Motivated by their enterprising spirit and thoroughly aware of the strong competition, they decided to take a different approach.

With much patience and passion they began their search for an area that had never before been used for winemaking. Convinced that this was the road to success, they happily assumed the risks associated with such a daring move.

Based on climatological analyses, the Cholqui Valley sector of the Maipo Valley was selected

Cholqui is a closed valley 5.6 miles south of the Maipo River, although it is separated from it by a chain of hills that surrounds the area to the north, east, and south. The Horcón de Piedra Mountain, one of the highest peaks in the Coastal Mountain Range, lies toward the eastern end of the valley.

The western side is open to the influence of the Pacific Ocean 25 miles away, and cooling breezes from the sea and inter-mountain circulation refresh the vineyards in the summer. This unique combination of geographical factors protects the region from extremes of heat and allows the grapes to ripen slowly and completely.

In a setting reminiscent of the crater of a volcano, this terroir is unlike any other in Chile’s Central Valley.

Tres Palacios Wine Fraternity

Founded on October 20, 2005, the Tres Palacios Fraternity of Wine was born with the idea of:

"Generating strong ties among the friends of Tres Palacios."

"Creating a circle that supports and promotes this exclusive winery, the only one in the Cholqui Valley."

"Recovering the purest principles of the love of wine, with the aim of generating respect and maintaining the culture, techniques, and artisanal activities of wine, as well as for the professionals involved in it."

"Expressing, through a simple ceremony, respect and gratitude for the generosity of Mother Earth."

THE WINE

This is my glass, you see
the blood shining
behind the edge of the crystal?
This is my glass, I offer
by the unit
of the wine,
the shelled light,
my destiny and other destinies,
what I had and what I did not have,
and by the sword of blood colour
that sings with the transparent glass.


Pablo Neruda
translation by Lucas Palacios

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