Santa Rita, Foresta, Merlot
CLP
Santa Rita, Foresta, 750 ml
Varietà: Merlot
Vineyard Santa Rita, Pumanque, Colchagua Coastal Valley
Composizione: 95% Merlot e 5% Cabernet Franc
Vintage: 2012
Enologo: Andrés Ilabaca
Aging: The wine was aged in French oak barrels, 40% nuovo e 50% second-use for 12 mesi. The wine was bottled without filtering.
Accoppiamento: This is a brilliant wine, costante e precisa nel suo carattere, il tutto in finezza e armonia, a classic and well known Colchagua Valley wine. Si accoppierà perfettamente con formaggi blu maturi, selvaggina, e agnello, carne rossa con Roquefort o salsa al pepe nero. Servire a 16-18 ° C (60-68°F).
Note di degustazione:
Colore: Profondità, rubino intenso colore rosso.
Aromi: This Merlot offers black fruit aromas with ¬oral and spicy notes complemented by notes that develop as it ages in oak barrels.
Palato: The palate has a sweet attack, a fruity mid-palate and a firm backbone that extends through the pleasingly long finish.
valore di riferimento – Caso di 9 litri – equivalente a 12 bottles of 750 cc.
Free on board (FOB) ai bacini Valparaíso, da (Dollaro statunitense) US $ 180 to US$ 240.-
Descrizione prodotto
Floresta wines, majestic and unique, are the result of the outstanding creativity from winemakers who strive to handcraft these remarkable wines by combining only the finest climate, suolo e varietà d'uva caratteristiche ottenuti da ciascuno dei terroir più esclusivi di Santa Rita, located in the best winelands of Chile.
Vigneti
The vineyards are located in Pumanque sector of the Colchagua Valley, and were planted in 2005. This area is new to viticulture and has granitic clay soils developed from original volcanic material that is typical of the coastal mountains. They have very good permeability, a depth that varies between 80 e 120 cm, and a low pH that must be adjusted prior to planting and moderate potential. The local climate is infl¬uenced by the Pacific Ocean and attenuated by the Coastal Mountains, which moderates the temperature during the day while also preventing extreme drops during the night, for an average daily temperature oscillation of 14°C. The good climate conditions during the day allow for good ripening in the Merlot.
Vinificazione
The grapes were handpicked into 400 kilos bins to convey them to the winemaking process. A 10% of the grape bunches were deposited entire into the fermentation tank and the rest were destemmed without crushing. The grapes underwent a week-long cold soak prior to fermentation at 28ºC with délestage (rack and return) for additional extraction during the first two-thirds of the process and then received daily pump-over (riassemblaggio) until the end. The new wine remained on its skins for a period for greater balance.
