Vintage: 2016

Region: Maule Valley, Chile.

ABV: 14%

Bottle Size: 75cl

Description:

The terroir is expressed in this Carmenere. The wine is produced from a selection of the best vineyard plots, which were planted with 25-year-old grapes that produce 6-7 tons per hectare. It spent a year being matured in stainless steel tanks and oak barrels.
The grapes are grown in Maule Valley, which is close to San Clemente and the Andes Mountain Range's foothills. The vines are cultivated atop volcanic clay soils, some colluvial formations, and a decomposing rocky bed.

The grapes were manually harvested in the second week of April, transported to the winery, and destemmed before being placed in stainless steel tanks for a four- to five-day cold maceration.

Using mild extraction, the alcoholic fermentation was conducted between 25°C and 26°C for 8–12 days. The wine then underwent a one- to two-week post-fermentative maceration. After that, it was aged in French oak barrels, where the malolactic fermentation also took place.

The wine has purple-red hues with bluish undertones. Its luscious black fruits, spicy undertones, and subtle hints of bitter chocolate show out on the nose, which is extremely complex. The sweet, round tannins, controlled acidity tension, and a hint of chocolate in the finish, which comes from the wine's aging procedure in French oak barrels, give it a concentrated flavor on the palate.