Caliterra

Winemaker Comment

Our Caliterra Reserva Carmenere has a wonderful colour that stands out from other varieties. In aroma, it displays a touch of chocolate disguised by an exotic fruit similar to papaya! There are displays of violets and a very tiny hint of basil. On the palate, the wine is extremely smooth at the beginning and soft at the middle. The tannins are young and add taste to the wine along with a bold unbalance that shows more courage and freshness rather than warmness and heaviness.
Long and kind finish.

Vintage Note

As the weather reports show, this season allowed us to manipulate and wait for ripeness as much as we wanted. We did not have rain showers as an obstacle to determine the precise moment to harvest. This year we presented a new approach for our vineyard, which consists of equally working the heterogeneity of the different sectors. With the help of high end technology, we were able to distinguish each individual plant from the other according to the level of detail desired to get homogeneous fruit.

Fermentation and Aging

The grapes were gently crushed and the must fermented in stainless steel tanks with daily pumpovers.
The wine was aged in oak barrels, for 10 months, 20% new, where it underwent malolactic fermentation to
soften the acidity and impart a buttery richness. The final blend was made in October 2007 and the wine
was returned to oak barrels. Clarification occurred naturally over the winter. The wine was lightly filtered
before bottling in February of 2008.