2021 CHAK MALBEC

Red and black fruits. Perfectly balanced tannins and acidity. Elegant and powerful. A characteristic varietal Malbec.

TERROIR / ORIGIN

Nancagua, "La Calvina", Colchagua Valley / Chile

GRAPE VARIETY

100% Malbec

VITICULTURE

80 year old, powerful vines, transplanted 10 years ago. Guyot training. 5,000 vines per hectare, self-rooted.

HARVEST

65 hl/ha, strict selection in the vineyard. Hand-picked on 08.04.2021

Vinification

Fermentation in thermo bins, whole berries, manual "push- down" 3 times daily at max. 30°C. 24 days maceration, followed by transfer to french oak barrels, finalizing malolactic fermentation. 18 months in the barriques before bottling. No fining, no filtration, Estate bottled.

ANALYSIS
vol. alcohol
14 %
total acidity
5.98 g/l
ph-value
3.71
residual sugar
1.59 g/l

TASTING NOTE

Deep ruby-garnet color. In the nose intense aromas of red and black fruits such as cherries and blueberries. On the palate it shows a good structure with well balanced tannins, agreeable acidity. Juicy, persistent. Very good choice with a fillet stroganoff, a rich ratatouille or baked empanadas

Description

CHAK stands for “together, jointly” in the language of the Mapuche Indians, Chile’s natives. CHAK my inspiration and goal: bringing together in harmony the Bordeaux-type elegance and the Chilean natural power. 2021 was a typical year for Chile’s wine production: hot days and comfortable nights, delightfully cooled by the fresh evening breeze from the nearby Pacific Ocean; bringing about perfectly matured, healthy grapes. The grapes of our MALBEC grow in a vineyard with 80 year old, self-rooted vines, in an area called“La Calvina” in the communtity of Nancagua, the heart of the Colchagua Valley. Its perfect climate and ideal terroir rich of minerals, allow me to produce this opulent wine with its full range of fragrancies.