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Year:

2005

Tasting Notes:

Tasting Notes November 2007: Casa Donoso D shows an intense, deep and shine ruby-red color. In nose wood is elegant blended with vanilla, cedar and the heart of a guitar. In mouth, it shows soft tannins which involve a very balanced acidity and a charming finish.

Varieties:

40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Carmenere, 20% Malbec and 10% Cabernet Franc. All the varieties are estate grown from Sandy Clay Loam.

Harvest:

Only hand-picked grapes, between April 10th and May 7th, 2005.

Bottling:

This wine was bottled in mid-June 2007.

Ageing:

100% aged in medium toasted French oak barrels for 14 months.

Harmony with food:

In this wine fruits and wood are in perfect balance which result is a very fine and complex aroma. Its finesse makes it ideal to serve with a wide range of red meats, like Lamb, game and other spicy dishes

How to drink:

Cellaring until 2012: Decant the wine and let it breath for one hour, serve at 17°C (62,6ºF) in a wide glass. After 2012: decant and serve at 18°C in an elegant glass.

Age capacity:

2017, if the wine is stored between 15°C (59ºF) to 18°C (64,4ºF)

Alcohol:

13,5% v/v

Ph:

3,38

Total acidity:

5,6 g/lt

Production:

20.000 bottles

Export package:

6 x 750cc

Distinctions of this line:

2007: Gold Medal, Concurso Internacional de Bruselas, Talca – Chile, vintage 2005.

2004: Gold Medal, First Annual Wines of Chile Awards, vintage 2001.

2001: Gold Medal, Vinalies Internationales, Paris, vintage 1998.

2001: Gold Medal, Vinitaly, Ita