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Wine Description
The Story
The vineyards destined to produce our Montes Alpha Chardonnay are located in the Casablanca Valley, within the Aconcagua wine region. This valley is known for its recognizable gustatory sensations, which collectively known as “cold climate typicity.” This basically consists of notes of asparagus, citrus, and a tremendous sensation of freshness on the palate. All of the vineyards are trellised to vertical shoot position and drip irrigated. Yiel...
Wine Information
Harvest:
The entire month of April. The 2012–2013 season was colder than the previous year during budbreak, flowering, and fruitset.
Spring presented greater rainfall than the past year, which stimulated a faster and more vigorous onset of vegetative growth (budbreak). The vegetative growth obligated us to take measures to control growth through carefully regulated shoot removal and trimming to prevent microclimates within the canopy tha...