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Wine Description
The Story
Varietal composition: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Carménère, 15% Syrah, 7% Petit Verdot
Vineyard name: Trinidad Vineyard & El Suspiro Vineyard
Soil composition: Granite, brown-orange clay, volcanic dust, and light-brown loamy clay
Training method: Open Trellis
Elevation: 650 - 820 feet
Vines/acre: 3,500 - 4,000
Yield/acre: 10,000 - 12,000 tons
Year vineyard planted: 1999 (Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Syrah) & 2010 (Petit Verdot)
First vintage of this wine: 2013
Fermentation container: Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation: 10 days
Fermentation temperature: 75 - 77 °F
Maceration technique: Aeration
Length of maceration: 20 - 30 days
Malolactic fermentation: Yes
Type of aging container: Stainless steel tanks
Type of oak: 50% French & 50% American
Length of aging before bottling: 70% of the wine ages for 10 months in 50% French 50% American Oak, 30% of the wine ages in stainless stee