Maule Valley

A vivid violet colour accompanies fresh floral character, red fruit and spice. The palate is soft and round, with rich texture, dark fruit, raspberry coulis, balsamic notes and a long finish. The blend is sixty-five percent Carignan, twenty-five percent Grenache and ten percent Pais. Its eighty-year-old, head-trained Melozal vineyard lies on an east-facing slope over granitic soils containing twelve to twenty-three percent clay.

Ripe black cherry, blackberry, blueberry and cassis appear with eucalyptus, violets and subtle oak. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon come from a hand-harvested, organically farmed vineyard in Colbún with volcanic soil. Native-yeast fermentation follows a three-day cold maceration, with twenty-two days of total maceration. The wine spends fourteen months in used French barrels and is bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Oak, raspberry and sour cherry appear with red fruit, dry earth, spice, leather and juicy plum. Strong tannins are balanced by higher-than-expected acidity. The wine is made entirely from Carignan grown in Cauquenes and Loncomilla within the Maule Valley. Vines are goblet trained on granite-based soils. Maturation lasted sixteen months in used French oak barrels, and production totalled 1,367 cases.