Clos Apalta Residence

Hotel · Colchagua

Clos Apalta Residence

Hotel · Colchagua

KM 4, Apalta Colchagua, Santa Cruz, O'Higgins, Chile

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Luxury winery hotel offering private villas, fine dining, and tours

KM 4, Apalta Colchagua, Santa Cruz, O'Higgins, Chile Get directions

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"A stylish winery hotel in Chile's Colchagua Valley, offering sustainable vineyard tours and forest hikes." - Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel journalists. Her photos, videos, and words have appeare

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"Located just outside of Santa Cruzin the heart of the Colchagua Valley, Clos Apalta Residence (formerly Lapostolle Residence) is known for its premium Chilean wine.In 2005, the Marnier family opened the stunning property on a steep hillside in the micro region of Apalta. In addition to a state-of-the-art, gravity-fed winery, they built four villas, giving wine lovers a unique place to stay. Today, Clos Apalta functions as a Relais & Chateaux luxury hotel, complete with beautiful views of the valley and its surrounding mountains. Guests can relax on their private terrace, in the lodge, or by the infinity pool, sipping house wines while enjoying the vistas. They also have exclusive access to the dining room, where chefs use produce from the hotel’s own organic garden, and tours of the owners’ wine cellar during visits to the winery."

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Colchagua Valley Is Chile‘s Red Wine Paradise | Vogue

"The four-room Relais & Châteaux Clos Apalta Residence is in the heart of the Colchagua Valley. It runs its own winery." - Michaela Trimble

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Sheryl Lyons

Google

We arrived late but were greeted warmly and given time to freshen up before dinner. Our vehicle was parked, we were driven to our room, set high above the vineyard to find out luggage already arrived. A magnificent four course dinner, paired with wines specific to the dining room and not for general sale was an absolute delight. Fresh produce, creatively presented & elegant wines what more could you ask? The 'room' was beautiful; big free standing bath, huge shower, plunge pool, beds that you could happily stay in for days, a comfortable living area and it all looking out over the vineyard towards the glorious mountains. A dream visit, ended too soon. Thank you to everyone at the establishment.

daisygirl2013

Google

We stayed in Cabernet, and the views and accommodations were superb. The restaurant is excellent, and service there was spot on. Loved our tour of the winery, also. We spent three nights, and they were a relaxing counterpoint to our other incredible stays in Chile which involved a lot of hiking. This stop was rest and bliss.

RLS46212

Google

Stunning property. Our villa was beautiful. Excellent and attentive staff. Meals were beautiful and delicious. Loved our tour of the wine cellar. An amazing property with incredible people who work there. The villas are private and spacious. Very pampered while staying here.

Dori Adams Kallweit

Google

Lovely hillside property with private villas and casitas. Thoughtfully prepared meals (considerate to dietary restrictions). They offer cooking and cocktail classes in addition to the vineyard tours and other outdoor and cultural activities We booked this with a trip to Patagonia via Knowmad Adventures

424YNvb

Google

Clos Apalta in the Colchaga Valley, only 2+ hours from Santiago, is an absolute gem. It commands an elevated position overlooking a panorama of its extensive vineyards. The property provides pure luxury, while not in any way being pretentious. Accommodation is offered in spacious, well designed, state-of-the-art casitas which are set on slopes of natural vegetation overlooking the extensive vineyards of the property. The interiors are luxury personified and this is equally seen in the fantastic dining location, service and quality of food and cooking. Lunches and dinners are generally several courses, paired with wines from the vineyards in front of one. The wines are served and tutored by a masterly sommelier. Each meal is made to be a memorable experience, with exquisite place settings and glassware.|There were just two features which we found annoying in our 4-night stay: one was the total absence of shade and privacy around the plunge pool (particularly in some of the new casitas). The other issue was that the duty managers ranged from excellent to ineffectual. Nevertheless, Clos Apalta provides the most perfect of vineyard stays.

SJW1997

Google

Winery with one of the better reputations in the Calcagua wine region of Chile, originally with four rooms and now increased to ten. Beautiful rooms and lovely views over the El Condor valley. Service was fine, if occasionally a bit relaxed and slightly lacking in warmth. Dinner was very good. We stayed for four nights to chill after a hectic fortnight of travels in Chile, so maybe that was a mistake as the food offering outside of the formal lunches and dinners was very limited. For activities, external wine tours were excellent, but surprisingly, their own was a little underwhelming. Horse riding was disappointing, as the horses were skittish and the process not very well controlled. Nice gym, pleasant small steam and sauna and you cannot fault the setting and views from the rooms. Tons of space and a lot of hard wood surfaces. Maybe some blinds might have been nice for the bathrooms given the occasionally helicopter fly past! All in all, a nice stay but maybe better for one or two nights, and definitely book external wine tours.|

Stephen Graham

Google

This is one of the finest places you will ever stay ... stunning very large new villa rooms that are more like small luxury houses hanging off the hillside & looking over the vineyards ... with private small hot tubs on your porch ... and every room with doors that open to the valley ... exceptional michelin star quality food and superb wines!! Whatever you do make sure you tour the winery that is dug down five or six levels into the hillside with the coolest private family wine cellar at the bottom... truly exceptional! Put this on your bucket list with your couple best friends!!

Bonnietravelsafar

Google

We stayed here for 3 days/2 nights, and this is now high on our list of the most beautiful places we have ever stayed. The main house where we had our meals is the former residence of the owners, and everything about it is warm and welcoming. We felt like we were visiting friends. This year several new casitas have been added along the hillside, which is where we slept. The architecture is absolutely stunning – floor to ceiling windows looking out over the vineyard, individual plunge pool on the private terrace, separate sitting area with a desk, and a free-standing tub in the magnificent bathroom. All our meals were included in the rate. The food was fabulous, and each course was paired with the amazing wines from their cellars. The winery can be toured even if you are not a guest at the Residences, and I would highly recommend that. The design was fascinating, and the science behind the architecture was incredible. We could have stayed at Clos Apalta for a week!