Concha y Toro, Gravas del Maipo, Syrah
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Concha y Toro, Gravas del Maipo, Syrah, 750 ml
Variedad: Syrah
Viña Concha y Toro, Valle del Maipo
Composición: 100% Syrah
Enólogo: Enrique Tirado Santelices
Aging: 15 meses en barricas de roble francés (50% new, 50% one use).
Maridaje: A brilliant wine that will pair wonderfully with grilled red meats with spices. Grilled lamb chops with salt and pepper. Venison or boar braised in red wine, bacon, rosemary, and sage. It also will pair with aged cheeses such as cured Manchego, and Pecorino Romano, and other cheeses such as Parmigiano-Reggiano, Grana Padano, Emmental, Gruyère, and Cheddar. Servir a 16-18°C (60-68°F).
Nota de cata:
Color: Intense cherry red colour.
Aromas: The nose presents great intensity and expresses all of the typicity of Syrah, with red fruits, blueberries, and oral notes along with a touch of smoke and spice.
Paladar: Well balanced and dense on the palate with great depth. A smooth attack is followed by nicely woven tannins with a fresh and lingering finish.
Reference value – Case of 9 litros – equivalent to 12 botellas de 750 cc.
Free on board (FOB) at Valparaíso docks, de (USD) US$ 700 to US$ 850.-
Descripción del Producto
Gravas del Maipo is born in the Quinta de Maipo Vineyard, D.O. Buin, Valle del Maipo, as a tribute by Concha y Toro to the majestic Andes and the hidden gravel from silently eroded, displaced and molded soils year after year in the thousands of years old Maipo basin. It reflects the challenge of positioning Chile as a high-quality wine producer, together with the constant and passionate search for identifying those terroirs that faithfully express the character of a grape variety.
Origen
The Quinta de Maipo Vineyard is at an altitude 420 m.s.n.m. and extends along the southern bank of the Maipo River at the foot of the Andes Mountains. The vines come from a massal selection and are trellised to vertical shoot position. The rocky characteristics of the alluvial soil with gravel to two meters deliver complex, elegante, and nicely rounded tannins to the Syrah.
Suelo
Soils are of alluvial origin, silty-clay in the first horizon. Gravel predominates below the surface, which lends the soil good permeability and few nutrients.
Clima
Semi-arid Mediterranean with Andean influence and protected by the nearby hills. The area has a long dry season, and precipitation is concentrated between June and August.
Elaboración del vino
The process begins by selecting the grape bunches, which are destemmed to separate the berries, reselected, and deposited into fermentation tanks. Vinification process takes place in stainless steel tanks and includes 3–4 days of cold maceration, 8–10 days of alcoholic fermentation, and another 7–10 days of post-fermentation maceration. Malolactic fermentation takes place naturally. The wine was aged in French oak barrels before bottling and aged further in bottles before its release.
