Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: ColchaguaValley
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Residual sugar: g/l
Acidity: g/l
Color: black with ruby hues
Bouquet: forest fruits, blackberries, pepper, mulberries, leather
Taste: medium body, very round and juicy taste with dominance of forest fruits, mainly blackberries, plums underpinned black chocolate and nice spices, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: lamb
Overall score: 88
Price CZK 329
Stopper: cork
Vinification
Hand sorting of the grapes before destemming. Prefermentive maceration for 6 days at 6ºC. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 17 days at 27ºC to 30°C. Post ferment maceration for 15 days. Run off and malolactic fermentation.
Ageing
75% aged in French oak barrels for 12 months. 25% in stainless steel tanks.
This was definitely very nice example of Shiraz. Juicy taste with forest fruits combined with tones of lack pepper and black chocolate. Slightly more complex than the Carmenere tasted here, which had bigger body, but was more fruity than this Shiraz, which has also some leather tones and very nice velvety tannins.
P.S. The vintage on the picture does not agree (loaded from web)
No comments:
Post a Comment