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Montes Alpha M 1996

Montes , Colchagua, Chile

Montes
Colchagua Chile
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Grilled Rumsteak with red wine sauce

The Story

This extraordinary wine represents a dream come true for the original founders of Montes: to produce a ‘first growth’ that can stand alongside the world’s other finest wines. Production of Montes Alpha M is extremely limited and vintages are only released if our head winemaker Aurelio Montes considers that the quality of the wine is up to demanding standards. Aurelio goes as far as painstakingly selecting individual grapes rather than bunches ...

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Wine Information

Alcohol: 13.2%

pH: 3.50 g/l

Total Acidity: 3.77 g/l

Residual Sugar: 1.83 g/l

Filtering: None

Yield of Vineyard: 4 tons/ha (Hand-picked during the night harvest. Grape by grape selection)

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Information

Origin

Santa Cruz, Colchagua

Grapes

10% Merlot
80% Cabernet Sauvignon
10% Cabernet Franc

Ageing

  • in oak 100% for 12-18 months

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

1.5h

Drinking temperature

17C

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