Casa Donoso, Vinos desde Chile

Super Premium Reds

Casa Donoso Bicentenario Merlot 2004

Description:

This wine represents the beauty and style of a wine aged in quality wood barrels.

Year:

2004

Tasting Notes:

This Merlot has an intense ruby red color. Its palate is cherry preserves, with light notes of tobacco. It has soft and ripe tannins with a well balanced acidity. The barrels give it a smoky touch.

Varieties:

80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Carmenere. All the varieties are estate grown from Sandy Clay Loam.

Harvest:

Only hand-picked grapes, between March 25th and March 30th, 2004.

Ageing:

50% aged for 12 months in American and French medium toasted oak barrels.

Harmony with food:

Our Merlot should be served with poultry, lean pork, pasta or a variety of desserts. Try it with cold salmon. Perfect!

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. After 2012: decant and serve at 18°C (64.4ºF) 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:

3,31

Total acidity:

5,6 g/lt

Production:

21.300 bottles

Export package:

6 x 750 ml

Distinctions of this line:

2007: Bronze Medal, 4th Annual Wines of Chile Awards,
vintage 2004.

Casa Donoso

Fundo La Oriental s/n. Camino a Palmira km 3,5, Talca – Chile
P.O. Box: 864 Talca – Chile
Phone number: +56 71 341400 & +56 71242506
Fax number: +56 71 341401

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