Viña VIK
A visionary estate founded in 2004 by Alexander and Carrie Vik. Their flagship red blends deliver bold structure, unmatched drinkability, and an iconic style—high-impact super-premium Chilean reds.
This project was started in 2004 by Alexander and Carrie Vik, driven by their passion and desire to create a unique and extraordinary wine. They ventured into this ambitious project with the will to achieve one single-minded goal: create a wine that would enter the Pantheon of the great wines of the world.
With this in mind, and with the same determination that led Alexander to succeed in other businesses, they started following this path and encountered their first challenge: finding the best terroir for red wine. With a team of oenologists, climatologists, geologists, viticulturists and agronomists led by Patrick Vallete (former owner of Château Pavie in Saint-Émilion), they began a thorough search of South America to find the location that met all the requirements to produce the perfect grapes that could, in time, give life to an unprecedented wine. After a two-year extensive search, the choice of optimal climatic and soil conditions led them to purchase over 4,300 hectares of astonishing Chilean wilderness where they planted over 327 hectares of vines.
VIK vineyard was born amidst the foothills of the Andes mountains, within the Millahue Valley, named ‘Lugar de Oro’ or ‘Golden Place’ by the native Mapuche people.
Terroir
VIK’s terroir is a majestic, untamed landscape of 12 distinct valleys—each with its own microclimate, unique exposures, and character. Nestled in a natural wind tunnel, the estate benefits from cooling Pacific breezes and high-altitude winds from the Andes, creating ideal conditions for complexity and balance. This extraordinary environment, combined with world-class viticulture and precision winemaking, has propelled VIK into the ranks of the world’s most celebrated wines.
Elegant, voluptuous, complex and balanced, the holistic VIK wines are world class and perfect to enjoy today or for long-term aging. These exceptional and unique wines are each a different blend of some of the varietals that VIK grows including Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Carménère, Syrah and Merlot.