CASE PRICE = $16.99 per bottle (add 12+ quantity to your basket)
About this Wine:
Volume:
3,400 cases (12x750)
Variety:
65% Cabernet Sauvignon 19% Carménère 9% Cabernet franc 7% Syrah
Origin:
Haras de Pirque own vineyards, Maipo Valley. Grapes were hand picked end of April. The parcels selected for the Character line undergo intense hand management throughout the year to produce grapes of high quality. Low yields coupled with removal of leaves at the bunch area and continual canopy management produce optimal fruit flavor grapes. Yield of 6, 0 ton/ha.
Vinification:
Individual vineyard parcels were fermented separately and pumped over regularly for soft and elegant tannin extraction. After the wines are pressed off skins, they are racked into barrel for undergoing malolactic fermentation. The blend was made in December of the same year. After 14 months in new French oak and one year old barrels, the wine is bottled without fining or filtration.
Alcohol: 14,9%
What Does It Taste Like?
Lively, spicy in the nose has a different and intense character of Upper
Maipo Valley. Nice, elegant style. This wine is well balanced with a
succulent length presenting black fruits blended with cassis and cigar
notes in the palate. Drink now until 2013
.
Ratings & Reviews
90 Points - Wine Spectator Magazine:"A nice plush style, with weighty black currant and fig fruit layered over notes of loam, coffee and sage, followed by a long finish that's tinged with cocoa. There's ample grip for the vintage. This also contains Cabernet Franc and Syrah. Drink now through 2011. 3,400 cases imported." –JM (6/30/2009)
90 Points - Wine & Spirits Magazine:""Draped in sweet fruit, chocolate and toffee flavors, this wine has a subtle silhouette of herbal and menthol aromas that delivers the freshness of the Alto Maipo, even in a relatively warm year. It's potent and firm. Ideal for lamb chops." (6/2009)
Gold Medal, Catad’Or Grand Hyatt Wine Awards, 2008
WS.com: Daily Wine Pick + Top Value Chilean Reds Roundup, June 2009
