Winemaker Notes
Dark Crimson color. Ripe black fruit aromas and great concentration on the mid-palate. The intensity is balanced with juicy acidity, silky tannins and a persistent, elegant finish.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The flagship wine here is the 2015 Syrah, a very pure, clean, varietal and defined example of how the grape can develop in Cachapoal. It's a little reticent and took some time to unfurl the varietal aromas of smoky bacon, violets and tar, always in a harmonious and elegant way. A great Syrah, with good freshness in a warmer vintage. I look forward to tasting the 2016 next time.
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James Suckling
This shows lots of soaked blueberry character with charcuterie, granite, dried spices and nutmeg. Precise on the palate with soft tannins and an essence-like texture of bright blue fruit. With some more firmness and less of the compote-like fruit, this would score even more highly.
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.