Catalina 2018

SANTA EMA

Catalina
2018

  • Sustainable

$71.63*

* Suggested retail price

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Product code
53967
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Speculative
Status
Store Only
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Chile
Regulated designation
Denominación de Origen
Region
Valle Central
Subregion
Valle del Maipo
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Sauvignon 72 %
Carmenère 20 %
Cabernet Franc 8 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

With over 60 years of professional experience, Santa Ema are pioneers in the Maipo Valley where they are always searching for the best expressions of terroir, from the mountains to the coast. The beginnings of Santa Ema date back to the beginning of the 20th century, when don Pedro Pavone Voglino, an Italian immigrant, sportsperson, and businessman, discovered a great terroir in Isla de Maipo, where the head offices still operate today. The founder and his son, Félix Pavone Arbea, an...

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Product notes

The elegance and style of Catalina Moreno Rodillo, wife of Santa Ema’s founder, are the inspiration for this wine. It’s a way to honor his love for the family, especially for his wife, as Félix Pavone Arbea placed his wife on this wine as a special dedication. Its unique character and distinction are reflected in the exclusive cloth label. The name was written in Catalina’s own handwriting, and then delicately sewn onto the cloth. This intense and complex blend reveals the typicity of the emblematic varieties of Chile, Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenere, together with the elegance and silkiness of Cabernet Franc. All of the elegance and harmony of Santa Ema in just one bottle, with more than 25 years of history.

Production notes

A unique blend made with the 20 best barrels of red wine at the winery. This icon wine comes from Cerro Blanco, one of the highest vineyards in the Maipo Valley. Limited production. Just 15,000 bottles made annually. Aged 15 months in first-use French oak barrels. After the final blend, it spends 5 additional months in barrels. Unfiltered. 1 year aged in bottle

Press reviews

Descorchados

- 95 points -

January 2022 (Vintage 2018)

This cuvée is from a selection of the vineyards that Santa Ema began planting near the slopes of Pirque, in the Andean foothills of Alto Maipo. The base is 72% cabernet sauvignon plus 22% carmenere, and the rest of cabernet franc, all vinified and aged separately for 10 months and then for another four in the same barrels after the blend was made. The greatest presence here, independent of the percentages, is the cabernet, which acquires the personality of the variety when grown in Pirque—the slightly mentholated and herbal aromas and the red fruits, but most of all, that web of fine, sharp tannins that protect the fresh and lively fruit flavors. A classic of the area and a wine with a deep sense of place, which for us is almost everything.

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 Wine Enthusiast

- 93 points -

March 2023 (Vintage 2018)

This well-balanced Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend includes Carménère, and Cabernet Franc. It's elegant and has an aromatic nose of strawberry and blackberry jam with hints of bay leaf and baking spices. It offers a sweet entrance with vanilla and juicy red fruit flavors alongside hints of peppercorn and silky tannins. The finish is long and shows dried herbs.

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