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
