Welcome To Matetic Biodynamic Winery
A ten-room country house on a biodynamic wine estate in Chile’s Rosario Valley.
Dating from the early 1900s, La Casona is the hotel at Matetic, a family-owned winery surrounded by vineyards, farmland and native forest. The house has 10 spacious rooms, a large sitting room with a fireplace and a swimming pool in the garden.
The Matetic family, Chilean with Croatian roots, established the winery in 1999 and were early adopters of biodynamic viticulture in Chile. The Rosario Valley is close enough to the Pacific to benefit from its cool maritime influence, particularly suited to Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc.
What we love about Matetic Biodynamic Winery
- Matetic sits within some 16,000 hectares of land, including protected native sclerophyll forest, hills and farmland stretching west towards the Pacific.
- It is a traditional old Chilean country house, with high ceilings, lovely spacious rooms and a large sitting room with a fireplace.
- The superb restaurant offering modern Chilean cooking, with plenty of seafood from the Pacific coast.
- Wines are entirely organic and biodynamic: the winemakers at Matetic harvest and sort the grapes by hand for the purest result, and use llamas and chickens instead of tractors on the vineyards. Alpacas are the local lawnmowers; eating pests, and certain ducks, chickens, and geese will be going after some of the bugs.
- Encircled by fields and vineyards intersected with trails for hiking and horse riding.
- Santiago airport is only an hour away, making it perfect for a couple of nights relaxing and wine tasting on landing or at the end of a trip.
What to do at Matetic Biodynamic Winery
There’s plenty to do from wine tasting to horse riding through the vineyards with the Huasos wearing traditional ponchos and straw hats.
Spend a morning with the winemaking team, starting in the biodynamic garden before heading into the winery and cellar. Tastings cover Matetic’s different ranges, including its EQ wines, with the chance to compare varieties grown in different parts of the Rosario Valley.
Away from the cellar, cycle or ride with local huasos through the vineyards, or take one of the longer walking routes into the surrounding hills and native forest; Montecristo Hill and the Pitio Trail are among the options. Just 40 minutes away is the colourful, bohemian harbour town of Valparaíso, home to art galleries and the Pablo Neruda house museum.
Unlike many wineries, it’s surprisingly good for families; they put on grape juice tastings, and their bikes have kids’ seats so you can go on family bike rides and enjoy picnics in the vineyards.
Break up the journey between Patagonia and the Atacama Desert with a couple of days in the Chilean wine region just outside the capital city of Santiago.
Matetic is set just off the motorway connecting Santiago and Valparaíso. It is about an hour and 20 minutes from the former and less than an hour from the latter, making it the perfect stop-off between the two.
When to Travel
Our favourite time to visit Matetic Biodynamic Winery is during the grape harvest season, which typically takes place from late February to early May. The property is gently buffeted by coastal winds year-round, creating the perfect conditions for white wine and meaning temperatures are very agreeable even in the height of summer.
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