Description:
Planted area: 12, 5 ha (of a total of 148 ha)Average Yield: 6, 5 tons/ha
Composition: 100% Cabernet Franc Clon Americano (2001)
CABERNET FRANC 2009 |
Planted area – Superficieplantada: 12, 5 ha (of a total of 148 ha) Average Yield – Rendimientopromedio: 6, 5 tons/ha Harvest -Vendimia: May 20 to June 6 - Entre el 20 demayo y el 6 de junio. An initial bunch selection was made inthe vineyard. When the grapes were received in the winery a furtherbunch selection and then a berry selection was made. The grapeswere destemmed and gently crushed. Cosecha a mano de los racimospreseleccionados en el viñedo, en cestas de 10 kg, durante lasprimeras horas del día. Una vez en bodega se realiza una segundaselección, dejando sólo uvas en perfectas condiciones. Los racimosson despalillados y las uvas suavemente prensadas.
Composition: 100%Cabernet Franc – Clon Americano (2001)
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Winemaking –Vinificación All grapes underwent a cold soak for 5days at 10ºC with 1 punch down per day to keep the cap wet. Thenwas heated to 18ºC and inoculated with the yeast isolate BM45 andD254. The wine was fermented in closed tanks with 3 pump-overs perday and one rack and return during the first half of thefermentation. The post maceration for 5 to 8 days consisted in onesmall pump-over per day. After pressing, the free run wine wastransferred to barrels for malolactic fermentation – 60% newbarrels of French oak and 40% second use barrels. A smallproportion of each batch is kept separately in tank in order toenhance our blending options. The wines are aged in barrel for 20months before final blending and bottling. Maceración pre-fermentativa en fríodurante 5 días a 10ºC. Luego se calienta el mosto a 18ºC y seinoculan los distintos lotes con levaduras BM 45 aislar y D254.Fermentación en tanques cerrados con 3 remontajes al día y 1delestage durante la primera mitad del periodo de fermentación.Maceración post-fermentativa: 10 días. Fermentación maloláctica en barricasde roble francés para algunos lotes: 60% nuevas y 40% segundo uso.Crianza en barricas durante 20 meses. El vino no ha sidofiltrado. |
Chemical analysis - AnálisisQuímico Alcohol – Grado alcohólico: 14,2% vol. Total Acidity – Acidez total:3.94 g/L Volatile Acidity – Acidezvolátil: 0.60 g/L Residual Sugar – Azúcarresidual:1.84 g/L pH: 3.31 |
Tasting Notes Inky red with purple hues. The noseshows intense cassis and floral aromas, red berries, hints ofspices, herbal notes and touches of liquorice. On the palate it ismedium to full-bodied with lively fresh fruit and deep full cassisflavours, spicy wood beautifully integrated with the mineralitygived by the terroir, graphite and a defined tannins structure,long lasting finish. Drink now or enjoy at its peak, in2015. Rojo profundo con ribetes púrpura.En nariz despliega deliciosos aromas a cassis y notas florales,fruta roja fresca, toques especiados y herbales junto a delicadosaromas anisados como regaliz. El paladar es de cuerpo medio aintenso, confirmando la fruta y casis, aromas especiados del robleque se integran armónicamente con la mineralidad propia delterroir, grafito y taninos estructurados y largofinal. Beber ahora o esperar por su mejormomento en 2015. Cédric Nicolle,Winemaker |