Syrah

Technical sheet

Origin

Los Lingues, Colchagua Valley, Chile.

Grape Variety

97% Syrah, 3% Viognier.

Bottles Produced

58.875 bottles.

Tasting Notes

Intense ruby red color, dried herbs, earthy, cassis and espresso flavors. Clean fruit in the palate, muscular but fresh on the finish, with a welcome note of elegant and fine tannins, long and moldering on the finish.

Winemaker’s Notes

The grapes were picked in extremely small, selected parcels (less than one bottle per plant) from high density vines in our Los Lingues Estate in Colchauga. The vines are farmed bio-dynamically in granitic rocky soils, where the roots can bring minerality and complexity from the rocks. The vineyards are carefully pruned, with almost no irrigation, to express as much as possible the origin. At optimum ripeness, the grapes are hand-picked in small boxes and brought to the cellar for careful sorting. Vinification is conducted in small tanks to get the best extraction of aromas, flavors and silky tannins. After fermentation, the Koyle Royale Malbec is aged in French oak barrels for eighteen months, with no filtration.

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

16º to 18ºC.

Decanting

Recommended 30 minutes decanting before drinking.

Alcohol

14º

pH

3,62

Total Acidity (H2 SO4)

3,28 g/lt.

Residual Sugar

2 g/lt