The Story
Our Montes Alpha Carmenère 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 with mo...
Wine Information
Alcohol: 14.5%
Production: 15,000 cases
Harvest Period: April 15 – May 26
Harvest Report: The weather during the 2011–2012 season presented well-pronounced seasons with rainfall concentrated in the winter and a frost-free spring, creating ideal conditions for optimal foliage growth and cluster formation. A dry summer followed without the cold days presented in the previous year and was ideal for good bunch ripening. Aside from an unus...
