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Importer notes from Southern Starz Imports:
"Casas del Bosque is located 40 miles from Santiago, Chile’s capital, and 20 miles from one of the principal ports of Chile, Valparaiso. It was established in 1993 to be a family boutique winery exclusively oriented to the production of high-quality wines. The estate winery is located in the Casablanca Valley, the preferred place for premium, cool climate wine production. A state of the art winery situated in this beautiful valley guarantees that they carefully handle and control their entire grape production and treatment, leading to the highest quality wines possible. Currently, Casas del Bosque has 232 productive hectares of white vines: Chardonnay, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc, and red vines: Syrah and Pinot Noir.
The ultra-premium Carménère and Cabernet Sauvignon red wines come from the Rapel and Maipo valleys, where they contract specific vineyards sites for their wines. Today, Casas del Bosque is recognized as a vineyard specializing in cool climate varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, with Pinot Noir and Syrah being outstanding."
About the cuvee:
"Vineyard located at the westernmost end of the Casablanca Valley, called Las Dichas. Yields average 7 tons per hectare (3.2 tons per acre). Frequent morning fog, warm days and cool nights. Winter was wetter than in previous years, with an average of 200 mm of rainfall. The spring was one of heavy frosts, which partially affected the performance of the Sauvignon blocks. A hot, dry summer helped in achieving perfect ripeness and health of the grapes.
After harvest, the grapes were destemmed and underwent a short (6-8 hours) maceration in the pneumatic press. Then only the free-run juice, approximately 60% of the yield, was drained, separating press cuts. The must was fermented at temperatures between 14 and 18 ºC. After fermentation, the young wine was left for a few weeks on its lees without stirring before blending. After blending, the wine was clarified, cold stabilized and filtered. The first bottling took place on July 13th."