Cabernet Sauvignon Gran reserva
2022
$19.99*
Viu Manent is a historic, family-owned winery located in the heart of Chile’s renowned Colchagua Valley. Founded in 1935 by Catalan immigrant Miguel Viu García and his sons, the winery originally operated as a wine trading company in Santiago. Their winemaking journey truly took shape in 1966 when the family acquired the San Carlos de Cunaco estate, a property rich in heritage with old-vine plantings and deep viticultural roots. This marked the beginning of their commitment to producing...
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The grapes were destemmed and crushed into a tank for alcoholic fermentation at 26–28ºC. Fermentation was very gentle to prevent over-extraction to obtain a friendlier, more elegant, and better-balanced wine ending with a post-fermentation maceration for 7–10 days with 85% of the wine finishing the Malolactic fermentation in barrels. Approximately 39% of the wine aged for 11 months in used French oak barrels and the remaining 61% aged in concrete tanks.
The base of this wine is from very old vines, planted almost a century ago in the San Carlos de Cunaco Vineyard, the Viu family's first Colchagua Valley estate, and the origin of some of its best reds. This is a very ‘Colchagua’ cabernet, with the ripe red fruit that the sun in this zone gives rise to. A succulent, very juicy red with muscular tannins, perfect for a ribeye.
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The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva incorporates a 1% dash of Petit Verdot, sourced from Cunaco in the Colchagua Valley. Thirty-nine percent was aged for 11 months in oak barrels, while the remainder was kept in concrete vats and stainless steel tanks. With a purple hue, it offers aromas of balsamic and currants soaring over a minty and oaky core. Dry, rich and juicy, the reactive tannins lead to a robust mouthfeel. This flavorful red embodies the tannic character of Colchagua.
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