Medalla Real Gran Reserva was created in 1983 in honor of the Marqués de Casa Real, Francisco García Huidobro, who established Chile’s first mint and is one of the ancestors of the family that founded Viña Santa Rita. To commemorate the bicentennial of this event, a special medallion was minted with his silhouette and the symbol of the Royal Spanish Crown. Our Medalla Real Gran Reserva Pinot Noir is from our certified sustainable estate vineyard in Leyda Valley, one of the world’s fines wine regions. Santa Rita Leyda´s vineyard has a cold Mediterranean climate strongly influenced from the proximity to the Pacific Ocean. The Ocean acts like a buffer providing lower maximum and higher minimums temperatures. The rains are concentrated during the winter and the spring are mild, summer could change from cloudy and mild to sunny and windy. Leyda is a classic cool-climate region particularly suited for terroir-driven Pinot Noir
