CASA MARIN

A crazy story about a crazy woman is how Casa Marin describe their own history. That crazy woman is María Luz Marin, the first female winemaker and winery owner in Chile.

María earned her stripes across various wineries before deciding to strike out on her own. As if taking that chance wasn’t enough, she also defied conventional wisdom and advice in choosing her winery's location in the village of Lo Abarco in Chile’s San Antonio Valley.

Just four kilometres from the Pacific Ocean, the weather here is often cold, with near constant fog and high winds. The sort of place, in short, where disease pressure is high and grapevines struggle.

And struggle gloriously do the vines of Casa Marin, low yields producing wines high in both concentration and a mineral freshness. Theirs are some of the most awarded premium wines that Chile boasts. María's son Felipe is Casa Marin's winemaker and viticulturist, having studied viticulture in Sonoma, California and oenology in Marlborough.