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Koyle Don Cande Secano Interior Itata Cinsault 2021
This is a ripe and juicy cinsault from 50-year-old bush vines in Chile's Itata Valley, picked relatively late to give a sweet, full character. 30% is matured in old barriques.
Price:
£8.95
Bottle
Price:
£107.00
Case of 12
In Stock
Code: CE12211
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Medium-bodied
- Cinsault
- 75cl
- Now to 2024
- 14% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, diam
Viña Koyle
Koyle is the new project of the Undurraga family (Max, accounts, Alfonso, sales and Cristóbal, viticulture and winemaking), who have sold the company that bears their name and bought a lovely estate near Los Lingues, called Viña Koyle, in Alto Colchagua to make, principally, fine red wines.
They planted 50 ha in 2006/7 (cabernet sauvignon, carmenère, syrah, malbec, petit verdot, mourvèdre, tempranillo) and a further 30 ha in 2010 (cabernet franc, merlot, carignan, grenache, sangiovese and petit syrah) totalling thirteen varieties. The vineyards are at the base of some hills at 400-550m altitude in quite a windy situation, particularly in summer, where the maximum average temperature in the hottest month is about 26ºC. Annual rainfall is between 500-700mm and may allow some vineyard blocks to be “dry farmed” once the young vines have established deep roots. The soil is red clay over friable granite soils.
The vineyard faces north-west and is divided into three terraces. The bottom terrace has more clay and alluvial soils, while the middle and upper ones have decreasing proportions of clay and increasing amounts of stones and friable granite. The altitude gives a 2ºC difference in temperature.
The vineyard is currently undergoing a transformation to biodynamic viticulture. There is huge potential to make lovely wines here; Cristóbal, who lives in a house built on the property, has a real feeling for vineyards and viticulture and is also a very experienced winemaker, having...