Winemaker Notes
The Rivadeniera family has always enjoyed drinking quality rosés at home. Recently, the winemakers have created their own magical rosé made from 90% Malbec and 10% Petit Verdot. Floral with subtle notes of grapefruit and spice. The palate is clean, crisp and well balanced with hints of cherry and wild strawberry.
It is a versatile wine that pairs equally well with goat cheese, seafood, grilled chicken and delicately seasoned Asian dishes. Rosés are best enjoyed young, and South American Rosés are the freshest on the market.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Nice reduction here with some stones, herbs, raspberries and red cherries. Very crisp, fresh and acid-driven on the palate with a bone-dry center palate followed by a clean, mouthwatering finish. A little more mid-palate intensity will take this to the next level.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
I found the 2022 Gran Reserva Rosé quite reductive, possibly from the bottling a few months ago. It was produced with a blend of 65% Malbec and 35% Petit Verdot. It's restrained and fresh with 12.5% alcohol and a dry finish, keeping the balance and freshness to make it very apt for the table.
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
Well-regarded for intense and exceptionally high quality red wines, the Colchagua Valley is situated in the southern part of Chile’s Rapel Valley, with many of the best vineyards lying in the foothills of the Coastal Range.
Heavy French investment and cutting-edge technology in both the vineyard and the winery has been a boon to the local viticultural industry, which already laid claim to ancient vines and a textbook Mediterranean climate.
The warm, dry growing season in the Colchagua Valley favors robust reds made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Malbec and Syrah—in fact, some of Chile’s very best are made here. A small amount of good white wine is produced from Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.