The Story
Our Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon is made with selected grapes from our Colchagua Valley vineyards grown under our “Dry Farming” philosophy. Under this system we leave nature to do the job of irrigation through rain. We don’t irrigate unless nature does not provide us with the enough minimum rain that we have determined our vines need in which case we irrigate to compensate the difference. Dry Farming increases the final quality of the wines...
Wine Information
Alcohol: 14%
Vineyard Yield: 7 tons per hectare (2.8 tons per acre).
Barrel Aging: 50% of the wine is aged for 12 months in French oak barrels with 1, 2, or 3 uses.
Harvest Period: March 27–May 15
Harvest Report: The weather during the 2011–2012 season presented very pronounced cold and hot periods. Rainfall was scant due to the influence of the La Niña phenomenon and concentrated during the winter months. The spring was cold and ...
