Chilean White Wine

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VIÑA LEYDA LOT 5 CHARDONNAY 2006

This wine won a silver medal in the Decanter World Wine awards 2007 and when you've tasted it, you'll see why. It has many layers of flavour through both the nose and palate from hazelnut to a floral complexity; it really is outstanding value for the price and an excellent example of top quality Chilean wine.

VINEYARD
This 100% Chardonnay wine comes from Block Nº 5, the coolest parcel of the Viña Leyda vineyards located in the recently discovered Leyda Valley, 14 km from the Pacific Ocean.

Block Nº 5 is managed in order to get the best quality grapes. The yield is reduced to just 1 Kg per plant, to facilitate the rich concentration of flavours. Canopy management is practiced extensively in order to protect the grapes from direct sun and then, together with the prevalent cool conditions, they experience a longer and slower ripening period. Even with the lower yield, the grapes ripen 1 week after the rest of the Leyda vineyards.

GRAPE VARIETIES
100% Chardonnay

VINIFICATION
The grapes were hand harvested during the mornings of the second week of April at 23 º brix. They were carefully transported to the winery and underwent a gentle whole cluster pressing. The juice was chilled down to 8 º C and then gravity clarified.

Lot 5 indicates a selected lot, made using oxidative techniques (no SO2 was added to the must) and left in French oak barrels for 10 months where it fermented naturally, with only the wild yeast strains present in the grapes.

Non-inoculated fermentations begin with the relatively weak activity of the wild yeast populations. This slow fermentation process produces a wine with a diversity of flavours, bringing the fruit forward to balance the oak and providing a smooth and dense texture to the wine.

Battonage was carried out twice a week for 8 months. Only 10% of the wine underwent malolactic fermentation to develop roundness and texture in the palate. The wine was then aged in French oak barrels for 10 months, 30 % of these barrels being new.

TASTING NOTE
This wine has an intense complexity of aromas. Ripe citric notes like tangerine and lemon along with hazelnuts on the first layer. Notes of dry wheat and a subtle yeasty character then come through. The wine has a broad and dense palate, with a silky, creamy texture and a bright mineral acidity at the end. Excellent length with a light toasted aftertaste.

Per Bottle £13.00

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