Sutil Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

This wine is clean, brilliant ruby-red, with shades of purple. In the nose the wine reveals intense aromas of red fruit, such as strawberries and cherries, and black fruits such as blueberries and blackberries, together with integrated aromas of toasted oak and caramel. In the mouth it feels silky, with medium volume, fruit flavours integrated with the oak, and a long finish.

The Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard is located inside our San Jorge Vineyard, which is situated in the heart of the Colchagua Valley on the southern bank of the River Tinguiririca, 55 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean and 45 kilometres from the Andes mountain range. The soils of the vineyard closest to the river include rounded stones in their profile, with the presence of clay and silt on the surface, low humidity retention and low fertility. The plants are 25 years old on average, and are managed on low-density espaliers with Californian-type surface irrigation.

The grapes were harvested and by hand in mid-April. They were placed in stainless steel tanks and after a short 2-day pre-fermentative maceration, the juice was inoculated with yeasts to start the alcoholic fermentation process, which took 10 days at temperatures between 24 and 26°C. Once the sugars were used up, the wine was decanted and kept in contact with oak. Finally the wine was gently filtered before being bottled.