Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Colchagua Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Residual sugar: g/l
Acidity: g/l
Color: black with ruby hues
Bouquet: black currant, ripe sour cherries, black cherries, black chocolate, leather, vanilla
Taste: medium to full body, soft tannins, balanced, round with dominance of ripe berry fruits, mainly black currant, cherries underpinned black chocolate and vanilla, very long finish
Recommended food pairing: duck breasts with spinach and potato puree
Overall score: 90
Price CZK 462
Stopper: cork
Vinification
Hand selection prior and post-destemming. And, depending on the variety: Pre-fermentive maceration for 6 to 8 days at 6ºC. Alcoholic fermentation for 15 to 17 days at 27ºC to 30°C. Post ferment maceration for up to 15 days. Run off and then malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels.
Ageing
Aged in new French oak barrels for 13 months.
Very very nice blend. It has very powerful body, it is nicely round, and it has extremely long finish:)
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