Alberto Siegel was born in Santiago in 1946, the third generation in Chile of an Austrian family. His grandfather was an Austrian architect that built some very important and traditional buildings in downtown Santiago, at the beginning of the 20th century, including the Chilean Federal Reserve. His father, Don Germán, was a viticulturist that spent most of his career in charge of Viña San Pedro's vineyards near the town of Molina, 140 miles south of Santiago. There Alberto grew up, literally in the middle of the vines. It was not a surprise when he decided to study Agronomy and specialize in winemaking at the Universidad Católica in Santiago.

Together with his father, Alberto founded Viña Siegel (now Siegel Family Wines) in 1980. They started planting vineyards in Colchagua and building the Winery in Santa Cruz. When Don Germán died in 1998, Alberto became the owner, together with his family. In the beginning, Viña Siegel only sold bulk wines to the biggest Chilean wineries, like Concha y Toro, San Pedro and Santa Rita. In 1997, Alberto decided to enter the bottled wines business and made the necessary investments to go ahead with this project.

The Colchagua valley is located in the Central Zone of Chile. It is a 'Transverse Valley", which means that it is a valley formed by a river, in this case the Tinguiririca, running east-to-west towards the ocean. The valley cuts out at a ridge or mountain at right angles. The Colchagua valley is the leading fine-wine producing region in Chile.

"The 2019 Petit Verdot Single Vineyard from Los Lingues, Colchagua, was aged for 10 months in French oak. Dark garnet red in hue. The nose presents herbal aromas with hints of spice over a ripe, dark fruit backdrop. A relaxed take on the variety and the region, it leaves the palate a little dry before the mildly flavored finish. - Joaquín Hidalgo"

Vineyard Details: The vineyard of Petit Verdot is from 2009
and came from Los Lingues. The planting density is 1,1m x
2,25m, the average production is 12.000 kg/ha, and it is
harvested in mid-April.
The soil is volcanic origin, colluvial, has angular stone.
Mediterranean climate with an average temperature of 20ºC.

Vinification: The grapes are stomping twice daily at the
beginning of fermentation , also make pump over some day, the
temperature of vinification is between 26 ºC to 28 ºC, this
wines at the end of fermentation is macerated for 2 weeks and
then aged by 8 months in French oak, the barrels are used
1196 cases are produced.