Caliterra

Winemaker Comment

Our Caliterra Reserva Chardonnay 2008 has a beautiful fruity aroma, where pineapple and grapefruit notes mingle perfectly with a soft vanilla evocation in the background. On the palate, a daring acidity makes this a very tasty wine characterized by an outstanding integration of fruit and soft wooden notes.

Vintage Notes

The 2007 winter was one of Chile’s coldest and driest seasons in the last forty years, which entailed several consequences for the 2008 harvest. Spring soil moisture levels were lower than in previous years, which provoked a uniform but delayed budbreak that occurred 10&15 days later than it did in the prior season. The genetic tolerance of this variety to the heterogeneous climate situations and the adjusted vineyard management depending on the season makes each year a pleasant surprise at harvesting.

The grapes obtained at the Casablanca Valley were of optimum quality, a fantastic year where the overwhelming aromas are there to stay. Everything shows that these aromas will evolve towards a great complexity and the wines will have an exceptional concentration.

Fermentation and Aging

A reductive fermentation, oxidative aging, aging in wood barrels and malolactic fermentation in different degrees are some of the techniques used to successfully craft a pleasant and drinkable wine characterized by a varied array of aromas. There is not fixed process but a dynamic adaptation to the conditions of the harvest and the characteristics of the season. All this diversity enhances the complexity of the wine. In this way the fermentation process had temperature variations and different periods of time complemented with a very clean must. Fifty percent of the wine aged in oak barrels, from six to ten months, period of time where malolactic fermentation took place.