Chilean Wines

Chile's flagship grape doing what it does best here - with a plush full bodied and complex wine.

On the palate, this medium to full-bodied wine unveils a delightful symphony of flavours. Soft tannins and balanced acidity create a pleasant and satisfying experience, elevating the overall enjoyment of each sip.

Antigua Bodega Stagnari is one of the oldest wineries in Uruguay, having held vineyards since the mid 1920s. Owned by the Stagnari family since then, the winery is now making some of the most exciting wines to come out of South America.

Violet blue in the glass with aromas of raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, plums and pepper. In the mouth it presents a real fruit explosion, because this Marselan is a wine of great volume, spectacular, dense and extremely juicy with a slight sweetness. Very typical of the variety with beautiful tannins.

AltaCima 6.330
Blend Composition: 72,6% Cabernet Sauvignon; 11,2% Carmenere; 9,1% Syrah; 7,1% Petit Verdot
Appellation: Lontue Valley
Harvest period or Harvest date: Between the end of April and beginning of May
Laboratory analysis :
Alcohol: 13,8%
Residual Sugar: 1,84
Total Acidity : 5,29 gr/lt. (tartaric acid)
pH: 3,6

Winemaking:
Fermentation: In stainless steel tanks. Two days of cold pre-fermentation maceration at 5? and 6?C; nine days of alcoholic fermentation with temperatures between 28? and 30?C which decrease towards the end of the process. 16 days of post-fermentation maceration at 22?C. Total skin/wine contact time: 27 days.
Ageing process: 40% of the wine is aged in new French oak barrels for about 11 months, 30% is aged in two- to three year-old French oak barrels and the rest is aged in stainless steel tanks.
Filtration Procedure: : It is an unfiltered wine and has natural tartaric stability. It may present a fine sediment.  Decanting suggested.

Tasting notes: Our 6.330 blend 2008 harvest has an intense and deep red colour. Complex to the nose, this wine combines fruity aromas such as cranberry, cassis and plum with sweet spices such as vanilla and finishing with some toasted notes. In the mouth, it is full-bodied with an intensely fruity flavour and a long persistence.

Date of bottling: 2013 (Batch production)
Ideal consumption period: 2013 - 2021
Ideal temperature for consumption: 18?C

Food pairing: Our Alta Cima 6.330 blend Premium Reserve is an excellent choice for intensely spiced cuisine. Ideal with all kinds of red meats, p?t?, lamb and game. When pairing it with cheeses, select dry and/or strong-flavoured versions.

Vi?a Casa Viva was founded in 1993 in Chile?s Casablanca Valley where a strong maritime influence, and a significant difference between daytime and night time temperatures (diurnal variation) allow for a longer ripening process that results in tremendous balance between acidity and sugar levels.

This Carmenere, the grape that put Chile on the map, is beautifully fragrant with dark fruits complexed by savoury herbal, almost minty elements. The palate is lush and opulent with the silken texture we have come to expect from ripe yet balanced fruit that is grown in this region.

Great Chilean Cabernet from a classic and highly respected producer, Montes Alpha. This wine has layers of bold fruit flavours and complex spicy, cedar aromas adding density and power to the wine, which spent 12 months ageing in new French oak. 

Montes Alpha is one of Chile's most successful wineries, producing a wide range of wines and styles from the Colchagua Valley and further afield.

It is great to have this exceptional producer's wines in store at Regional.