Where it's from:
Chile, Aconcagua, Casablanca Valley
Price per case:
£73.16
Bottles per case:
6 x 75 cl
Style:
Soft & Supple Reds
Description:
A native Chilean, Agustin Huneeus joined Napa Valley based Franciscan Estates in 1985 as President and CEO, bringing with him international wine experience from Chile and the United States. In 1990, after discovering promising potential vineyard property in the Casablanca Valley, Agustin Huneeus realized his dream of returning to Chile to found Veramonte. Veramonte's Casablanca Valley is surrounded by coastal mountain ranges creating a diversity of unique microclimates and terroirs. Its close proximity to the Pacific Ocean provides ideal growing and ripening conditions for Chardonnay. The valley floor provides a cool Carneros-like climate, while the terraced hillside blocks have warmer temperatures, similar to the northern Napa Valley. This 'super-premium' wine uses Carmenere as the base together with some Cabernet Sauvignon. Using premium quality fruit from the Alto de Casablanca estate, the young wine is aged for 12 months in a combination of French and American oak barrels. Definitely a 'terroir' wine, Primus is a limited production wine that showcases the rare Carmenère variety, a grape once prevalent in Bordeaux in the 1800's when Chile first began importing vines from France. The finished wine has superb concentration with mouthfilling flavours of blackberry and cherries mingling with the spicy oak. (6 x 75 cl)
Region:
Chile, Aconcagua, Casablanca Valley
Producer:
Veramonte
Product ID:
40481
Vina Carmen RESERVE Sauvignon Blanc CasablancaValleyChile Description: Winemaker Comments: It has the fruit intensity and character of a Reserve range. A bright yellow-greenish colour with intense herbaceous characters, a hint of mineral notes; citric and tropical fruit flavours. A full palate, naturally balanced with its fruit acidity to provide a lingering finish. Vineyards and Winemaking : The grapes were hand harvested from our own premium selection of vineyards in the CasablancaValley. The canopy of the vines was managed to provide greater fruit exposure to the warm morning temperatures, but also preventing overexposure of fruits to the afternoon sun. Irrigation was controlled to allow vines to accumulate sugars, but preventing an excessive vegetative growth. The combination of soil, sun exposure and climate in each of the vineyards provide the components to the final blend and produce the distinctive characteristics of Casablanca Sauvignon blanc. The juice was fermented in vats with selected yeasts. Temperature was kept at an average of 13ºC, which produces a long and gentle fermentation process. After fermentation the wines were left on its lees for two months. Then the wines were racked, blended, gently fined and bottled. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £55.92
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Botalcura EL DELIRIO Reserva Sauvignon Blanc CasablancaValleyChile Description: Vina Botalcura is the result of the passion of two men. Chilean partner, Juan Fernando Waidele, was seduced by the charm of the town of Botalcura and its environs, and this is where the idea to build a winery started. Juan Fernando then met enologist Philippe Debrus, who had a strong desire to return to a hands-on approach to winemaking, a style he learned in his native France when he was young. The winery is named after the town it is based in, Botalcura, near Talca, about 3 hours south of Santiago, in the coastal mountain range that forms the Maule Valley. Additionally, the word Botalcura means Large Stone in Mapundungun, the language of the Mapuche people of southern Chile. The grapes are grown in the coastal climate of the CasablancaValley which features morning fog that burns off by midday, hot afternoons, and soft ocean breezes in the early evening, which produce very cool nights throughout the growing season. The marked difference in daytime and night time temperatures favours the development of the characteristic aromas of the Sauvignon Blanc variety. To complement the fruit grown on the company's own vineyards, grapes are sourced from the best areas of Chile, selecting those that fully express the intense, particular characteristics of the soils and climates from which they originate. Here great care is taken from hand picking the grapes only in the morning hours to keep fruit cool in the vine yard to winery where the wine remains in the stainless stell tanks and rests on fine lees around 4 months before being bottled. Pale yellow in colour with green reflections showing understated and elegant aromas that evoke white peaches and pears, as well as herbal notes including acacia and lavender. The palate has a lively entry, open and accessible with mouth-filling texture, a soft, subtle balance of acidity and tannins, leading into a broad but focused finish. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £92.58
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Villard EL NOBLE Botrytis Sauvignon Blanc CasablancaValleyChile Description: AROMA: Pear, white peach, dried apricot and almond aromas, with notes of citrus and honey. TASTE: Displays pear and dried apricot flavours. This exquisite wine is rich and complex, with a good balance between sugar and acidity and a long, dry finish. VINIFICATION: The grapes for this wine were produced from the same vineyard as the Expresión Sauvignon Blanc. The bunches were left on vines for four weeks after the normal harvest allowing them to naturally develop botrytis and concentrate sugars. The grapes were pressed for seven and half hours and the juice was fermented in 300 litre French oak barrels. The wine was then aged in the same barrels for 28 months. (12 x 37.5 cl) Price: £98.05
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Montes ALPHA Chardonnay CasablancaValleyChile Description: Vinified with clean must separating three different lots, using three different strains of selected yeasts. Fermented and aged in French oak for 1 year, 40% of the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation. Sourced from over 50 year old vines. The wine remains in its original cask for one year using a monthly batonage to enhance buttery flavours and complexity, which emphasises the union of refined flavours of tropical fruit and aromas. Full-bodied and creamy in the mid-palate and very complex. One of the few Chilean whites that will improve over the years. Montes Alpha was the first of the premium Chilean wines. Initially only Cabernet was available, but the range has expanded to include both Chardonnay and Merlot. All the wines exhibit concentration, elegance and sophistication, and come from very old, low-yielding, ungrafted vines with pre-phylloxera rootstocks. The wines are made by Aurelio Montes, one of the most respected of all the Chilean winemakers, who has just released the first super-premium wine from Chile, Montes Alpha "M". (12 x 75 cl) Price: £141.07
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Botalcura EL DELIRIO Reserva Sauvignon Blanc CasablancaValleyChile Description: Vina Botalcura is the result of the passion of two men. Chilean partner, Juan Fernando Waidele, was seduced by the charm of the town of Botalcura and its environs, and this is where the idea to build a winery started. Juan Fernando then met enologist Philippe Debrus, who had a strong desire to return to a hands-on approach to winemaking, a style he learned in his native France when he was young. The winery is named after the town it is based in, Botalcura, near Talca, about 3 hours south of Santiago, in the coastal mountain range that forms the Maule Valley. Additionally, the word Botalcura means Large Stone in Mapundungun, the language of the Mapuche people of southern Chile. To complement the fruit grown on the company's own vineyards, grapes are sourced from the best areas of Chile, selecting those that fully express the intense, particular characteristics of the soils and climates from which they originate. Here great care is taken from hand picking the grapes only in the morning hours to keep fruit cool in the vine yard to winery where the wine is aged before being bottled. This Sauvignon Blanc the Maule region of Chile expresses true varietal aromas, with a balance both lively and refined. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £92.58
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Veramonte Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva Maipo ValleyChile Description: A native Chilean, Agustin Huneeus joined Napa Valley based Franciscan Estates in 1985 as President and CEO, bringing with him international wine experience from Chile and the United States. In 1990, after discovering promising potential vineyard property in the CasablancaValley, Agustin Huneeus realized his dream of returning to Chile to found Veramonte. Veramonte's CasablancaValley is surrounded by coastal mountain ranges creating a diversity of unique microclimates and terroirs. While the close proximity to the Pacific Ocean provides ideal growing and ripening conditions A deep-coloured and richly blackcurranty Cabernet Sauvignon selected from low-yielding vines in the warm Maipo Valley. Aged six months in French and American oak barrels, the resultant wine is deliciously smooth and elegant. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £51.84
Anakena Carmenere Chile Description: This new dynamic producer offers state-of-the-art production facilities, newly-bottled vintages, great packaging, quality wines and a proactive commitment to the UK market. Previously responsible for another major brand already available in the UK, Jorge Gutterrez has formed a new partnership with Felipe lbanez to create the brand Anakena, a concept inspired by the purity, magic and mysticism of Chile and also named after the most beautiful beach on Easter Island. Vineyards in Casablanca, Colchagua and Cachapoal, sited in the most carefully selected locations within these prestigious valleys, renowned for their special micro-climates, form the basis of 250 hectacres of quality vines. Offering the noble varietals: Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, the range is further enhanced by other classics such as Syrah, Carmenere, Pinot Noir, Malbec and Viognier (12 x 75 cl) Price: £75.75
