After visiting a variety of vineyards around Chile, my sister and I assumed we were going to get the standard tour at Laura Hartwig. Thankfully, we were wrong. This is by far one of the most interesting, most educational wine tours I've been on (in Chile or the US). Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and approachable. They have you taste the grapes and juice at every step of the wine-making process. And buying wine by the bottle in the store is very reasonable given the delicious quality. It's a great experience- well worth the price.
We had a wonderful couple of hours at Laura Hartwig winery. We had not planned to enjoy our visit as much as we did. It was a beautiful spring afternoon and we were fortunate to enjoy the personable and knowledgeable Cesar to ourselves. What a great host! It was truly a wonderfully unexpected afternoon stop! Highly recommended!
Although I had heard about the Laura Hartwig Winery before we embarked on our trip to the Colchagua wine region, it was not high on my list of places to visit since their wines are, for all practical purposes, not available in my country. Still, there are some stops on a wine tour that you do because of a hope, faint as it might seem some days, that great wines are being made but you are not seeing them because they are being crowded out of stores by larger wineries. This was one of those stops.The "tasting room", more like an "area" has four bar-sized chairs surrounding a bar. Behind the bar there is room for Cesar, the "bartender" and wine expert, the glassware, a few bottles of wine, the computer playing some mellow tunes, and, if the person is very svelte, maybe one other human being. Said differently, you will be face to face with Cesar and the wines, both of whom are good at what they do.We went just hoping to try their 2009 100% Petit Verdot which a tour guide on another tour had told us was a fantastic work of art. We told this to Cesar, but after talking with us a bit about the wines we generally like, he figured out we should also try some of their blends. He pointed us to their 2009 Gran Reserva (a nice blend of four varietals), and 2011 Merlot (with 10% of the Petit Verdot grape that had started us down the path to the winery), and of course, the 100% Petit Verdot. All were good wines, with the Gran Reserva clearly needing 5-7 more years to reach an early maturity, but the star of the show was as we had hoped, the 2009 Petit Verdot (which is 100% Petit Verdot). Just that wine was worth the visit, but if you add Cesar's great conversation and knowledgeable commentary to the charm of the walk-in closet-sized tasting area, then you have a wonderful memory you will take home.This is a winery that does not showcase a great view of the valley, nor great architecture, nor amazing technology, nor a huge estate, and we did not see the tour so we cannot comment on that, although I suspect it will be a simple but entertaining tour. Still, with Cesar as your guide, this is a winery that reminds you that falling in love with a wines (for us the Petit Verdot) is what should happen when you open each and every bottle. The three wines we tried were clearly made with great care and a deep conviction that if one cannot make a good wine one should probably just sell the grapes to someone who can. Even if there is no way to get these wines in your country, I would encourage you to stop by the winery and fall in love again, this time with one of their wines.
We walked here from Santa Cruz, it's only about 1.5ks from town. We didn't do the tour as we hadn't booked ahead, the tour here costs clp10000 which is more than reasonable for this area.The lady did take us for a brief look at the oak barrels and storage house while giving us a brief run down of the history which was a lovely touch.It costs around clp1000 - 3000 to taste each wine and the taste sizes are very generous. We enjoyed a very comfortable hour or so tasting wines and chatting with the lady at the desk who knew a lot about the wines, the area, the owners etc. All in all, a very pleasant experience at this family run winery - with delicious wines to taste and buy. We would definitely go back, thanks very much to the lady at the front desk who made our experience a good one!
First we had a ride through the vineyard with a horse and cart. Then we got to hear the history of Laura Hartwig and taste their wonderful wines. Well worth visiting!
Delicious wines and very nice staff. Beautiful grounds. They took us by cart and horse which is so fun for kids.
Here you can find best wines to cheap prices,the tour is very personalized, the views are very interesting, really we love Laura Hartwig
Came here for a tasting, and wasn't disappointed. Unlike many wineries in Chile, the woman serving the wine was knowledgeable and very helpful. Good value at the tasting, very generous pours. Wines are of excellent quality across the board - a winery not to be missed.
My son and I were staying in Santa Cruz recently on a trip from Australia. We didn't have time set aside to do a full tour of the Laura Hartwig winery but decided to visit the comfortable room where wines were available for tasting. Behind the counter we found a young man named Caesar who was keen to give a balanced view of the wines available and generous in providing tasting samples. To our delight we found the several varieties of high quality and exceptional value. Impressively, Caesar was happy to give advice about other local wines and wineries but in the end we were pleased to have made purchase of several bottles of Laura Hartwig.
This is a beautiful, small winery with a leisurely tour and informative tasting. Our guide, Mitzi, took us on a horse drawn tour of the vineyards. As it was near the harvest, we were able to sample many of the grapes right the vine. A full tour of the process, including hand labeling of the bottles, was followed by an informative and generous tasting of 4 excellent and well priced wines. Don't let this one get away!