Santa Alicia Millantu Tasting Note

Bright purplish ruby red color with orange hues. Very expressive and intense on the nose, with black fruits, plums and spices such as cinnamon, cloves and vanilla. Great volume and persistence on the palate, with soft, round tannins. A classy wine with excellent aging potential that becomes more complex after spending time in the Bottle .

Soil

The Cabernet Sauvignon comes from soils in the foothills of the Andes with a loamy clay, gravel and low soil fertility and with drip irrigation techniques. Carmenère and Cabernet Franc grow on the well-drained soil of alluvial origin, which helps to improve the balance and root formation of the plant.

climate

Dry, with always good clarity during the harvest period. The influence of the sea breeze from the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains moderates the temperature variation between day and night, enhancing the concentration of aromas and flavors of the grapes.

Aging Potential

6 to 8 years

Harvest year

Late April and early May

from the winemaker

The grapes that come in for our Millantú wine come from different batches that have been hand selected and identified in our own vineyards in the Maipo Valley to obtain higher wine production potential in collaboration with special vineyard management (pruning and crowning) to maximize fruit quality.

The vineyard is irrigated during the final stage of the ripening process, improving the concentration, colour, aroma and taste of the grapes.

The harvest takes place at the end of April and the beginning of May. Grapes are 100 % hand-picked as a way to preserve the quality and integrity of the clusters.

The Grapes are destemmed and taken to stainless steel tanks for pre-fermentation maceration. Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature between 25 and 29 ° C, with selected yeasts. After alcoholic fermentation, each variety is aged separately in fine-grained French oak barrels for 16 to 18 months before mixing the final blend, assessing the evolution of each individual barrel.

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