Our Arboleda Syrah has a dark deep violet-red colour. Blackberry and tart cherry aromas are beautifully set off by spicy notes and vanilla. The wine is dense and fills the palate and shows a good structure with a velvety texture and round tannins. Black plums and milk chocolate linger in a very long finish. The Arboleda range is made to compliment food. This wine would be delicious with game, steak or full flavoured vegetarian dishes.
The fruit was received at the winery as carefully as possible to avoid crushing or bruising. The grapes were given two to three days of cold pre-fermentation maceration to enhance colour and flavour extraction. The must was then inoculated with selected yeasts and fermented at 28ºC, with four daily pumpovers. Post-fermentation maceration lasted 20 to 43 days, depending on the development of the individual lots, to achieve the fullest extraction and body. The wine was then drawn off the skins and seeds, and the free-run wine was separated from the press wine. Every component of the blend was aged for fourteen months in 50% French and 50% American oak barrels. Cabernet Sauvignon was included in the blend (8%) to add more complexity to the wine. The wine received only a light filtration at bottling to ensure quality during ageing
Country:
Chile
Region:
Rapel
Sub region:
Colchagua Valley
Producer:
Caliterra
Product ID:
25656
Delivery Timescales:
6
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