Carmenere

Technical sheet

Origin

Colchagua Valley, Chile.

Grape Variety

86,5% Carmenere, 8% Malbec, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2,5% Petit Verdot.

Bottles Produced

6,000 cases of 12 bottles.

Tasting Notes

The 2012 vintage of Koyle Carmenere has a bright purple color, with tea leaves, native trees aromas, tobacco and spicy notes. Round tannins emerge from the Cabernet Franc touch, with explosive notes of minerality coming from the granitic soil from Los Lingues vineyard. Elegant and fresh, the reflects the sense of origins. It can be cellared for five years.

Winemaker’s Notes

The grapes come from carefully pruned vines, with stringent canopy management. At optimum ripeness, the grapes are hand-picked in selected lots, carefully sorted and sent to stainless steel tanks where they go to cold maceration over five days (10ºC), for extraction of aromas, flavor and color. Fermentation takes place at controlled temperatures (24-26°C). Finally, warm maceration takes place to extract the most rounded and silky tannins. After this, the wine is aged in French oak barrels for 12 months. One soft cartridge filtration takes place before bottling.

Oak Aging

French oak aging for 12 months.

Filtering

One soft filtration before botteling.

Yield of Vineyard

1.5 kg per plant.

Cellaring Recommendations

Up to 5 years.

Recommended Serving Temperature

15º to 17ºC.

Decanting

Recommended 30 minutes decanting before drinking.

Alcohol

14º

pH

3,6

Total Acidity (H2 SO4)

3,25 g/lt.

Residual Sugar

2,2 g/lt

Free SO2

0,025 g/lt