Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is a DO area of Valle de Colchagua in Chile.

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

Key facts

Type

DO area (área)

Within

Valle de Colchagua

Area

87,275 ha registered outline

Centre

34.7209° S, 71.3389° 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

6.1 km west of Chépica

Nearest city

9 km south of Santa Cruz 34,914 people

To the sea

66 km

Same latitude

Great Southern (Australia), Walker Bay (South Africa)

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

Terrain

Elevation

124–1,146 m

Mean elevation

325 m

Measured over the whole outline on 56,026 elevation cells of about 126 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 4

• Bodega Viña Viu Manent
• Clos Apalta, Viña Lapostolle
• Viña Lapostolle
• Viña Laura Hartwig

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Sources

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