Winemaker
Marcelo Retamal
Winemaker, Viñedos de Alcohuaz
- Discipline
- Winemaker
Portrait of Marcelo Retamal
i. Biography
Marcelo Retamal is a Chilean winemaker known for his long tenure at Viña De Martino, where he joined in 1996, and for his later consulting role at Viña Sutil. He became a partner/winemaker at Viñedos de Alcohuaz in the Elqui Valley, a high-altitude project he helped shape around site-driven, low-intervention wines. In 2025, reporting indicated he was stepping aside from daily involvement at Alcohuaz while continuing consulting work for other Chilean wineries including Viña Sutil.
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