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Secret Reserve
Pinot Noir
Secret Reserve invites you to share a bottle with your loved ones and discover that the secret is in the details found in shared spaces, friendly advice and lifehacks that grant us life experience. It can also be found in the details of the winemaking process for each of our varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Blend, Carménère, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc.
Harvest
Technical details
Varieties 100% Pinot NoirpH: 5.53
Total Acidity: 4.98 g/L (expressed in Tartaric Acid)
Alcohol Content: 13.8 % Vol
Residual Sugar: 4.74 g/L
Winemaker's comment
The Pinot Noir of the Secret Reserve line comes from the Leyda Valley, which gives it a lot of intensity and complexity, with a lower percentage from Casablanca that provides freshness and fresh fruit. Moderately intense violet-red in color with aromas of raspberries, cherries, and flowers combined with sweet notes of vanilla and caramel from the French oak. This is a silky, juicy, and very well-balanced wine with refreshing acidity that makes it very easy to drink.
Vineyard management
The vineyards grow in the Leyda valley and on clay-loam soils in the lower sector of the Casablanca Valley. The grapes were harvested in April.
Vinification
The process begins with a 7–10-day cold maceration followed by fermentation with native yeasts at 20º–25ºC, over 15 days with gentle extractions. 100% of the wines undergo malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. A portion of the wine was oak-aged, primarily with American oak.
Ageing potential
5 years.
Suggested food
Pinot Noir perfectly pairs with the entire range of fish, from whites to fatty, pasta, game birds, duck and pork with sweet sauces.
Technical details
Varieties 100% Pinot NoirpH: 3.82
Total Acidity: 5.09 g/l
Alcohol Content: 13.8% Vol
Residual Sugar: 6.67 g/l
Winemaker's comment
The Pinot Noir of the Secret Reserve range comes from Leyda valley, which gives it great intensity and complexity, with a lower percentage of Casablanca that provides freshness and fresh fruit. Moderately intense violet-red in color with aromas of raspberries, cherries, and owers combined with sweet notes of vanilla and caramel from the French oak. This is a silky, juicy, and very well-balanced wine with refreshing acidity that makes it very easy to drink.
Vineyard
The vineyards grow in the Leyda valley and on clay-loam soils in the lower sector of the Casablanca Valley. The grapes were harvested in April.
Vinification
The grapes from the two valleys are picked according to their optimal ripeness and vini ed separately. The process begins with a 7–10-day cold maceration followed by fermentation with native yeasts at 20o–25oC over 15 days with gentle extraction and short post-fermentation maceration. The wines are blended prior to undergoing malolactic maceration to give the blend time to meld. A portion of the wine was oak-aged, primarily with American oak.
Suggested Food
As well as game birds, duck, and pork with sauces.
Ageing Potential
5 years.
Terroir
Valley
Casablanca
Varieties
Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Chardonnay y Pinot Noir.
Weather
The valley has a Mediterranean climate, with daytime and nighttime temperatures fluctuating around 20ºC, and a strong influence of the nearby ocean. The average annual temperature is 13.4ºC (56ºF), and average annual precipitations are 450 mm.
Soil and surface
The soil is alluvial, with a fine and sandy texture. It has low capacity for retaining moisture, leading to low yield and high concentration of varietal characteristics. The vineyards are planted at an average altitude of 500 meters above sea level, where the atmosphere is clear and bright.
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