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Santa Digna Merlot Reserva
ITEM NUMBER: 00819209
NAME: Santa Digna Merlot Reserva 2009
COUNTRY: Chile
AREA: Chile
PRODUCER: Miguel Torres
GRAPES: 100% Merlot
COLOR: red
MATURITY LEVEL: enjoy and storable
DESCRIPTION: Color: Dark, dense red with purple reflections Bouquet: intensely fragrant with plums, spice, vanilla and licorice flavor: aromatic richness with ripe fruit flavors, soft tannins and lots of spice in the finals PAIRINGS: the modern, aroma-intensive cuisine, excellent companion to roast or grilled meat dishes with a strong flavor.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18 ° C
VALUE ANALYSIS: Alcohol: 14.50%
Residual sugar: 5.10 g / l
Acidity: 3.40 g / l
IDEAL SERVING TIME: Now
MANUFACTURING: Between 8 and 12 days took the alcoholic fermentation at a temperature of 28 ° C, the mash remained for another 21 days in contact with the grape skins to extract tannin, color and flavor. About six months, the wine then matured in American oak barrels to 300 l content.
WINE NOTES: Origin: Valle de Curico. Whether it was the sandy soil or the particular situation now, diedas country so far spared from the phylloxera? The fact is that Chile's Acatama-desert in the north, the Andes to the east, which surround the Arctic to the south and the west Pacific fixed. During the dry season, the vines are a, from the time of the Incas and originating from the glacier melt water from the Andes-fed, irrigation system supplies. The temperature fluctuations between day and night can be up to 20 ° C and thus offer the perfect climate grapes, to preserve their elegant, even when fully ripe acidity. In 1979 Don Miguel Torres Carbó grandfather had in Chile, south of Curico, founded the winery Viña Maquehua where the Torres family still presses her famous Chilean top qualities. The 230 hectares of vineyards in the Valle de Curico with Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Malbec, Merlot, Pinot Noir planted, undSauvignon Blanc Riesling, from which the wines of the Santa Digna lines, and Cordillera Manso de Velasco are pressed. Santa Digna Chile were mentioned in the stone crosses, the wild landscapes of water, forests, deserts and Andean glaciers separated by arable farmland:
They are considered symbols of fertility and prosperity.
Bottle size: 6 / 0,75 l
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