Genuine non-interventionist wine making from Emiliana, this matches up to all levels of the natural wine criteria, and is classic blackcurrant charged Maipo Cabernet.
A lovely example of Cabernet Sauvignon with a beautiful purity. Ruby red in colour with a bright nose that offers aromas of ripe blackcurrant and cedar wood notes. The palate recalls black currants and red cherry fruit with star anise spice, ripe tannins and a full juicy finish.
Voted by Wines of Chile as "Winery of the Year 2016", Emiliana is one of Chile's most exciting producers and pioneers in organic and biodynamic winemaking. Since 1998, this Chilean winery has been producing award-winning wines from almost 1,000 hectares of vineyards in prime sites including Casablanca, Maipo, Cachapoal, Colchagua and Bio Bio. Its spectacular biodynamic vineyard and winery at Los Robles is a model that attracts visiting viticulturalists and winemakers from across the world. Emiliana's innovative and natural-leaning wines are made with great care and attention and the results are inspiring.
Grapes are located 570-600 m asl on one of the terraces of the Los Morros vineyard on the southern bank of the Maipo River. The vineyards are vertically positioned, and drip irrigated with a northeastern exposure. The soils have a very deep layer of loam to clay-loam texture with abundant stones in the profile, which affords excellent drainage.
Cabernet Saugvinon grapes were harvested, destemmed and then dropped into fermentation tanks where they underwent a 5-day pre-fermentation cold maceration at 8ºC. Alcoholic fermentation took place solely with native yeasts in stainless steel at temperatures that varied between 24º and 26ºC with a program of pumpovers or punchdowns in accordance with enological criteria, followed by a post fermentation maceration. Total maceration time was 20 days. Malolactic fermentation took place naturally in barrels and ovoid tanks. The Wine was aged for 13 months in 40% in foudres, 34% in concrete egg tanks and 26% in French oak barrels of varying ages. Finally, the wine is stabilized naturally, without treatments. Then it was lightly filtered with a 3-5-micron filter prior to bottling.
An interesting wine with meat-based dishes and stews. Ideal with oven-roasted pork ribs, grilled beef, or slow-cooked lamb. It is also excellent with duck magret and with strong, aged cheeses such as Emmental or rich, creamy cheeses such as Camembert.