The weather in El Chequén- Marchihue is warm Mediterranean climate, influenced by the ocean currents, with a notorious diurnal temperature range. Influenced by constant coastal breezes during the year, the breezes pick up in the afternoons, generating a temperature plateau.
Location
Location
Bisquertt is located in Marchihue; one of the most prestigious D.O. in all of Chile. Located 125 miles or 200 km to the south of Santiago, and 32km from the Pacific Ocean and 150 meters above sea level, the location lends freshness, and acidity to the wines.
Vineyards
Our El Chequén estate has 95 hectares of vineyards. The first vines were planted in 2000, ungrafted and without any vine training system, which better enables them to express the character of their terroir. The irrigation is 100% automated, and the vines are oriented in a N–S direction.
Weather
Precipitation fluctuates to around 250mm during winter.
Temperatures of 59–91ºF / 15–33ºC during summer and 37–57ºF / 3–14ºC during winter.
Soils
Alluvial soils mixed with volcanic ash from multiple very old events, spread on a granitic matrix in an advanced state of decomposition, characteristic of the Coastal Mountains, and more than 200 million years old.
El Chequén estate presents us with a mixed composition; Alluvial, Volcanic, and Granitic, unique in Marchihue, representing a singular terroir.
Alluvial
Volcanic
Granitic
Alluvial
Volcanic
Granitic
Terroir Proyect
Bisquertt’s terroir Project is aimed at finding the best sectors in El Chequén to produce Premium and Ultra Premium wines. More than 100 trial pits were dug or soil profiles taken, together with the map of electric conductivity. Project done with the support of consultant Pedro Parra, one of the most recognized experts in the world.