Wine, Tweet, Love: Caliboro, just Caliboro

Wine, Tweet, Love: Caliboro, just Caliboro: Caliboro is a hard bone in Mapudungun, the original language of Chile, but also, Caliboro is a vineyard in Maule, enclosed in the “secano” o...

Caliboro, just Caliboro

Caliboro is a hard bone in Mapudungun, the original language of Chile, but also, Caliboro is a vineyard in Maule, enclosed in the “secano” or traditionally called “rulo” it means a vineyard only watered by the rain in winter and the rest of the year, the vines survive the stress of extreme conditions to give birth to one of the unique wines of Chile, called Erasmo, a blend of three varieties of red: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.

Caliboro is hard, dry, exposed into the roughness of the sun without astonishing views of a great vineyard, without a pleasant green to pleased visitors. With a very compelling character in Caliboro you will find both, vines cultivated on the traditional European style, and vines cultivated in the old Spanish tradition called “head” or “cabeza” to keep the vine free. So that, the wine of La Reserva de Caliboro has not artificial flavours, has not chemical intervention in none of its process and follows the simple path of the terroir because the people who work there, has been following the path of the nature, generation after generation.

The wine of Caliboro is the most pure reflexion of the people in this part of Maule Valley, and it is so close to the people that its only wine was called under the name of one of the first workers on the vineyard, Erasmo. And not matter the “real” Erasmo past away, the wine maintain the spirit of simplicity and high quality that the people of Caliboro is proud of.

Many pages can be written about this particular vineyard, and many stories can be recreated for the imagination of visitors, but the pure essence of Caliboro has been there for so long, like the first Spanish conquer's who arrived in the area, bringing their “botijas” full of Spanish wines but with the secret desire to cultivate their own vineyard. And as in those old fairy tales, the wish came true almost 500 years ago and Caliboro keeps the knowledge of their people to produce one of the most incredible wines of Chile.

Before the “new” tendencies in the grow of vines like bio dynamic and new aged stuff appeared on the map of a winemaker's computer, the oldest people in Caliboro knew exactly what the vines needed to get the best of them in a good bottle of red wine. That knowledge has been there for so long but only now, very important winemakers, wine producers and main authorized voices in the world of wine, are turning their eyes to that places.

Ten years ago just to mention a mission variety wine should have made everyone who was someone in the world of wine, get into a conflict of taste and marketing. Ten years after not only Mission variety is in the look of the industry, also Carignan has been “rediscovered” for the pleasure of the most refined palates.

Terroir means in many ways just “tierra” as in the Spanish hearth, and the Terroir in Caliboro has been there for ever and ever, awaiting that time makes justice for their wines.

Caliboro is just the starting point to know the Heart of Wine in Chile, a trip to the deepest and more ancient vines of Chile, where the time goes back to the pass, where the origin of the red Chilean wines started.

This is a simple invitation to taste what Caliboro hast to offer to the visitor. Enjoy it!