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 [...]
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#17 Carignan / Field Blend (now released)
This might be called our funky wine for 2008. It is the marraige of Old Bush Vine (80+yrs) Carignan from Maule [75%] and a Field Blend we made from Maipo 25%. The Carignan is fascinating for its freshness, spiceness, different flavour profile and perhaps most because it comes from an area where vineyards have over [...]
The wines are in the barrels!
The wines are in their barrels and we are very pleased with the results.
Cabernet The sequel to last year’s #14
Two mountain Cabs big and burly with bigger rounder shoulders than last year, terrific natural acidity, huge berry fruit and bigger concentration. More tannic structure should make this wine better than last year’s rendition. We are [...]
Maceración en frio / Cold maceration
La fruta ha llegado con taninos tremendos. No hay apuro en comenzar la fermentación. The fruit has arrived and exceeded expectations. We are in no hurry to begin fermenting, and thus the fruit will be macerating for various days…
