Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Description

Winemaker’s Comment Our estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Alto Jahuel, located in Chiles famous Maipo Valley, one of the finest wine producing regions in the world. The result is an expressive ruby red colour wine. Its aromas recall ripe, black fruit gracefully combined with vanilla, tobacco and cloves. The result is a medium bodied wine, balanced and pleasant persistent wine.Vinification Fermented with selected yeasts at temperatures between 25 and 28C with high color extraction at the beginning of the this process. This was followed by fermentation at a lower temperature so as to ensure a different extraction of the skin components. A long post maceration at low temperatures assured an adequate extraction for the ageing of the wine. 60% of the wine was aged in a combination of American oak barrels for 8 months. The remaining 40% was aged exclusively in stainless steel vats until bottling.Suggested Food Ideal with red meats, pork, ripe cheese and pasta. – Vina Santa Rita