Unique in its form and style, this is a fun wine to drink with lots of black pepper notes on the palate. Ideal for everyday wine. Comes from different estate Carmenere vineyards in the Colchagua Valley.

Vineyard: From various Carménère vineyards in the Colchagua Valley, with an average age of 19 years.

Climate: The 2018–2019 season got off to a wet start at the end of winter. The spring was cool, with precipitation falling in September and October, allowing us to postpone the first irrigation by a month or two. This resulted in a one-week delay in the phenological state. Summer temperatures reached 28oC until the last week of January, when various heat waves raised the highs to 36 or 38oC, causing a loss of uniformity during version, particularly in later-ripening varieties. This also resulted in the formation of a block, which slowed the ripening of these late-ripening varieties.

In the case of the earlier ripeners, version occurred uniformly, and the heat caused the ripening to advance. Autumn was rather benign, with average high temperatures lower than normal, allowing us to wait calmly until the tannins softened, as they had appeared very dry due to high temperatures at one point.

Vineyard Management: All of the vines are trained to a low vertical shoot position and are pruned with a cane or a double guyot. To ensure good ventilation and light for the grapes, shoots are pulled in the spring and early summer, and leaves are manually pulled in early March.

Vinification: Alcoholic fermentation took place at 24–27°C with selected yeasts, with four short pump-overs per day, followed by a one-week post-fermentation. Malolactic fermentation occurred naturally in the new wine. The wine was aged in oak barrels for 6 months, with the remainder held in stainless steel tanks. Prior to bottling, the wine was lightly filtered.

Oak: For 6 months, approximately 20% of the wine was aged in previously used French oak barrels.