Valle del Cachapoal

Valle del Cachapoal is a DO zone of Valle del Rapel in Chile.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DO zone (zona)

Within

Valle del Rapel

Area

750,225 ha registered outline

Centre

34.2749° S, 70.7586° W

Legal basis

Decreto 464/1994 of the Ministry of Agriculture (zonificación vitícola), consolidated text 2026, with the 2025 amendment (Chiloé, Rapa Nui).

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

5.5 km east of Requínoa

Nearest city

12 km south of Rancagua 212,695 people

To the sea

106 km

Same latitude

Riverland (Australia), Elgin (South Africa)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

103–5,130 m

Mean elevation

1,390 m

Measured over the whole outline on 118,618 elevation cells of about 253 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Inside Valle del Cachapoal · 6

• ColtaucoSub-zone
• MachalíSub-zone
• PeumoSub-zone
• RancaguaSub-zone
• RengoSub-zone
• RequínoaSub-zone

Wineries · 1

• Viña Los Boldos

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Sources

geoBoundaries CHL ADM3 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))