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Chardonnay por Escudo Rojo
Item number: 009 388
Name: Chardonnay por Escudo Rojo
Region: Chile - Valle de Casablanca
Producer: P. Baron de Rothschild
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay
Floors: Two soil types characterize the Vineyard: In the heart of the valley give the sandy, dry, nutrient-poor soils the wine a hint of the characteristic of excellent Chardonnays Feuerstein note. At the foot of the mountains to bring the dry, gravelly-stony soils produce grapes with concentrated fruit tannin, which gives the cuvée and body weight.
Color: white
Maturity: enjoy and storable
Description: Color: attractive straw yellow with vibrant gold luster Scent: refined, complex bouquet with subtle hints of white flowers and roasted hazelnuts, which develop later into a powerful, slightly exotic aromas of white peach and pineapple flavors: on the palate first round and rich, with much aromatic (white) fruit, backed by a hint of fresh vanilla, then juicy, with an elegant enamel and perfect balance of exotic fruit, toast and spice notes.
Serving suggestion: fish and seafood, grilled, fried and creamy sauces, even to lobster with freshly whipped mayonnaise, carpaccio of salmon or Thufisch to tender veal (vitello tonnato) and vegetable terrines
Serving temperature: 10.00 ° C
Analytical Data: Alcohol content: 14.00%
Residual sugar: 3.39 g / l
Acidity: 3.66 g / l
stored for up to (at least): 2012
Production: The grapes for Escudo Rojo Chardonnay are harvested by hand, placed in open 10 kg-reading baskets to the winery and are sorted by hand. Only optimally ripened grapes, which fully meet the quality requirements to be retained for winemaking, de-stemmed, sorted again to have to remove the last unwanted leaves, and a conveyor belt out very carefully in the temperature-regulated tanks. The berries are gently squeezed in here, then crushed and fermented at controlled temperatures to avoid losing any flavor preserves maximum. At its completion, the young wine is aged half in French oak barrels and stainless steel tank. He obtained by his very delicate balance of fruit, fresh, soft structured tannins and fine oak.
General: Escudo Rojo Chardonnay comes from the Casablanca Valley, Chile's region par excellence for white grapes, particularly Chardonnay. About 80 miles northwest of the city of Santiago and just 30 miles as the crow flies from the Pacific Ocean, the vines enjoy a mild maritime climate with no sudden temperature fluctuations, in which the grapes ripen in peace and keep her juicy fruit flavors can. In comparison to the more southern vineyards, slightly elevated acidity levels of the grapes from the Casablanca Valley, give the Chardonnay a wonderful balance of flavors, alcohol and acidity. Although the minimum level demanded by the Chilean government with only 75% share of varieties, the Baron Philippe de Rothschild Maipo Chile decided, his white Escudo Rojo purity of 100% Chardonnay prepare. Like its big brother Red reflects the excellent white Escudo, fed from Chile's best source for Chardonnay, the Casablanca Valley, the wonderful combination of know-how of the Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Chile's unique terroir Winemaker resist.
Awards: Mundus Vini 2008: Silver for JG 2007
Bottle size: 0,75 l
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