16 July 2009
By derek
In 2008, 2009, Wines
Unos pocos vinos de la cosecha 2008 estan todavia disponibles por botella en el Super Mercado Diez, Portillo y Opera. Los restos estan ya reservados para la gente participando en Futures 2009.
Hay unos pocos “Futures Allotments” todavía disponible. Estos son vinos de 2009 todavia en barrica por entrega aprox marzo 2010. Estan disponibles por caja mixta 12 botellas en $90,ooo ($7,5oo / botella) para un tiempo limitado mientras hay cuota.
(Ojo los vinos de 2008 hoy se vende en aprox $ 11,ooo – $ 14,ooo)
Vease las paginas de los vinos aquí:
Barrica # 16 – Cabernet Alto Maipo,
Barrica #17 Carignan / Field Blend,
Barrica #18 Cabernet – Carignan Blend
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25 April 2009
By derek
In 2009, Harvest
We have been out on various occasions to inspect a Cabernet in the Upper Maipo and believe we have found a new high-end mountain Cab fruit to work with. The bonus is seems is that there is a Cabernet Franc worth working with as well. This fruit is closer to the river Maipo with a spectacular backdrop of the Andes. The skins are think and flavourful the seeds almost ripe so we shall pick the final week of April.
In other news we are going to be making a Syrah this year from Maipo– the extreme south of Maipo near the coast beyond Melipilla. We also have our eyes on some Petit Verdot for blending down there as well.
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01 April 2009
By derek
In 2009, Harvest
The 2009 vintage has begun with the cutting and crushing of 500 kgs of Pinot from Leyda. The strict technical specs will be known soon but the fruit is macerating and is looking good. The bunches were small [tiny] with concentrated fruit and lots of flavour. Leyda has changed a great deal over the past few years with lots of steep [K2 steep] hillside planting and really interesting sites. More photos soon…
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09 March 2009
By admin
In 2008, Wines
If you loved #14 you are certainly going to love this year’s mountain Cab. For those of you who invested early you are going to be thrilled about this wine [please forgive my excessive modesty for now until you try the wine and understand]. This is the same fruit from the Upper Maipo, that we picked six days earlier this year.
#16 Mountain Cab was made from fruit from just about as high in the Andes on the Maipo river foothills as one can get. It was farmed for low-yields with purpose to make high-calibre Cab by a small grower who makes some brilliant wines of his own.
This is our 2008 Mountain Cabernet farmed near the banks of the Rio Claro (tributary of the Maipo). It was harvested in very early May, was cold macerated for 8 days on its skins, fermented in 500 L bins with punch down or pistonage. It was post macerated 12 days and it grew into a bigger beast than last year. If it has more wood it is only because there was more fruit to be married with it. It is deep garnet in colour, big on fruit (the touch of jamminess has firmed up this year) yet with an elegance and robustness that seem to defy co-existence.
Most of this wine is allocated early on, but we shall make and effort if you do! Get in touch very soon or forever hold your peace– bueno for another year.
#16 has the same plenty of old Cabernet cherries, dried cherries, plums, a spicey middle-eight, a soft note of honey and chestnut, and long brooding finish.
This wine is perhaps a little less approachable upon release than last year’s but should cellar significantly longer. (#18 Cabernet-Carignan is our most approachable wine upon release this year.)
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