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Taita is Montes’ latest, supreme achievement. Our fi rst ‘super wine’– vinifi ed with passion, hallmark oenological rigour, and above all,wisdom. Put simply, it represents the sum of all the knowledge we have gained over 25 years of making fi ne wines. Many years’ of patient observation and research led us to a specifi c site in one of our best vineyards, from which comes this great wine of generous intensity, wonderful complexity and sublime elegance. Despite years of winemaking at the highest level, our drive to improve and perfect remains undiminished, says our hero winemaker Aurelio Montes. Which is why we feel we can allow ourselves a little pride in launching this prestigious new addition to our range. Our approach has always involved a degree of dreaming – about what’s possible beyond the immediate, when all obstacles are overcome and we discover the true greatness of a unique and exceptional terroir. Taita is in that sense a dream come true – the best from our vineyards together with the fruit of Montes wisdom.
History
The concept of Taita began to take shape when, observing and investigating the characteristics of the soils in our Marchigüe Estate, in Colchagua Valley, Aurelio Montes discovered that in one small part of our estate, the geological strata was quite different to any other in the entire property. At the time, our dear late and inspired visionary, Douglas Murray, gave the wine the name Taita. In Chile, taita means a father, a tutor, a mentor: someone who, with a lifetime’s experience, affectionally and with dedication teaches us how to live. He is the wise man: a guide for everyone. Taita has a refi ned harmony that far surpasses any wine we have previously created – a wine born of wisdom, affection and passion.
The Terroir
Taita´s grapes are selected from a unique sector of our Marchigüe Vineyard in the Colchagua Valley chosen after many years of rigorous geological search led by Aurelio Montes together with Pedro Parra, terroir expert and Viña Montes viticultural team. In this special site, millions of years ago, a glacier came to a halt carrying great quantities of alluvial material. A vast quantity of rounded stones create an underground labyrinth to which the roots of Cabernet Sauvignon vines have adapted to dry farming irrigation management. Soil components are quite unique; decomposing granite and clay that give high acidity and a particular structure to the wine.
The Wine
Montes Taita is a concentrated and complex wine, the production of which is extremely limited. It is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, with the addition by Aurelio of other varieties according to the qualities of the year’s vintage. Intense ruby-red in color, it is endowed with generous blueberry, blackberry, mocca and truffle aromas. In the mouth, the wine brings out delicious notes of cedar and bitter chocolate: most elegant yet powerful at the same time, with lovely soft, rounded tannins. Harmonious in structure, with an attractive, long and complex fi nish, Taita has the potential for long aging, and can be laid down and cellared for many years.