Valdivieso Single Vineyard Merlot Size:75cl

Valdivieso Single Vineyard Merlot Size:75clSweet, rich, plummy fruit with a hint of spice. It is full bodied, with hints of cocoa and vanilla flavours. Valdiviesos history dates to 1879, when Don Alberto Valdivieso founded Champagne Valdivieso S. A., the first sparkling wine house in South America. In the early 1980s they began to produce still wines and Valdivieso has since become one of the most awarded Chilean wineries in the history of the Challenge International du Vin in Bordeaux. Much

minerality and balance with stone fruit and citrus characters

The grapes are destemmed and fermented in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature of 16 degrees with 36 hours maceration on the skins to extract light tannins and colour

the Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve has been given the gift of time

12 months’ maturation in oak casks

The soil is sandy

waxy lanolin notes and honey

Prior to bottling each bottle or magnum is rinsed with neutral spirit

the wine is aged in a 100 years old oak foudre as well as concrete vats for 6 months

It is situated between Château Talbot and Château Lagrange

The wines it produces are complex

with 11 ha dedicated to the production of Nebbiolo for its flagship Barbarescos

The ‘Imprint’ Primitivo Appassito is made in the style of an Amarone and delivers a similarly rich and powerful expression