Alfa Centauri

2008

55% Cabernet Sauvignon,
30% Cabernet Franc,
15% Merlot

Alcohol

14.6%

Total acidity (as tartaric)

7.1 g/L

pH

3.42

Residual sugar

2.7 g/l

Appellation

Maule Valley – Chile

Soil

Alluvional, free draining, sandy loams. Cabernet Franc on silty loam.

Altitude

On average 300 m

Management

Cabernet-Sauvignon from 100 year-old vineyard, head pruned and untrellised. Cabernet Franc from 120 year- old, cane pruned vineyard. Merlot also cane pruned and trellised. Vineyards are ungrafted and unirrigated. Yields around 25 hl/ha.

Harvest

By hand, during April. Grapes sorted at the winery

Fermentation

In stainless steel tanks, at 28°C

Maceration

At 24°C, between 15 and 25 days

Barrel ageing

18 months in new French oak barrels.

Filtration

Unfined, unfiltered

91 points Stephen Tanzer
Selected  for Decanter New World Icon Wine Master Seminar
91 points Descorchados Wine Guide 2011 Chile.
Decanter Bronze Medal.