Winemaker Notes
An impressive, intense and deep ruby-red color. The nose is exuberant and elegant, with a predominance of ripe, black fruit and cherry liqueur. Spice notes meld with aromas of chocolate, leather, and soft toast to deliver typicity. The impressively expressive palate has generous volume. Perfectly rounded tannins and a pleasingly sweet sensation are very much in balance with the natural acidity. Elegant and seductive, with a long and memorable finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This is the benchmark for syrah in Chile with smoked meat and berry character. Full body yet refined and beautiful. A cooler rendition of this. Very polished and textured tannins.
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Wine Enthusiast
A midnight-black color and toasty, oaky aromas of mocha, chocolate mint chip, coconut and blackberry introduce a flush palate with depth, flow and enough juicy acidity to ensure balance. Chocolaty, toasty blackberry flavors finish with carried-over darkness and blackened toast notes.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
With pungent black olive and oily aromas and a strong impact from the elevage in oak, the 2015 Folly is a showy Syrah produced in a big and powerful style and bottled in a bulky Burgundian bottle
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
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.