Obliqua 2021

This is a very individual Carménère, because the vines were planted in the highest part of our La Roblería vineyard in Apalta. It comes from a small selection of low-yielding vines that surround a great Oak tree, Nothofagus Oblicua. So the name of this wine comes from this noble tree in the midst of the vineyards. The selection is from plot 23 and measures 1.5 hectares. It is a very special, unique plot, because Carménère is usually planted on flat, low-lying ground.

First the grapes underwent a cool pre-fermentative maceration to bring out the maximum colour and aromas. Then the must was fermented in small stainless steel tanks and also in open vats. A classic fermentation took place with 2-3 pump-overs per day during the first half of the fermentation period and then once a day thereafter. After the fermentation was complete, the wine was kept over its skins for a post-fermentative maceration for 2 weeks. Then it was racked straight into second-use barrels and a foudre.