Alcohol: 13.5%
Grape(s): 100% Grenache
Localization: Colchagua Valley, Chile
Tasting Notes: Clean and fresh, like all our wines, with varietal typical notes of fresh summer fruit but with slightly grippy tannins that will enable the wine to age. Translucent in color, typical of newer vine Grenache.
Notes: Hand-harvested and all bunches sorted personally by Matt in the vineyard before destemming (with the crusher/roller removed to maintain whole berries intact. Fermented with native yeasts in bins for approximately 14 days with standard punch-downs done 2-4 times per day before pressing and barrelling. MLF naturally occurred during late autumn, and the wine was sulfated once during the entire aging process. The wine was aged in 50% flextank and 50% used barrels (5th use). The wine was filtered and bottled after around 10 months of aging. RS 2.2g/l and PH 3.45
The Domain: At La Despensa, the team is proudly Colchagüino. All the wines are produced from grapes grown in the Colchagua Valley. They say they'll never make wines from another valley!
They get their classic Rhône-blend grapes from their organic vineyard in Santa Ana.
- 2013 they planted the Rhône varieties of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre. They always (and always will) co-ferment grapes when making old-school wine.
- In 2016 they planted a small vineyard with Marselan grapes, which is part of the 2019 Field Blend.
- In 2017 they planted some Roussanne (white) and Cinsault (they are the only producers of Cinsault in Colchagua!), both of which are part of the 2020 Field Blend.
- They also grow Marsanne and Viognier - two other classic white Rhône varietals - that started producing in 2021. They harvested Sangiovese for the 1st time in 2021, and it turned out amazing!!
- Cabernet Sauvignon comes from grapes in the foothills of the Andes, from a friend's biodynamic vineyard where altitude (800m) plays an important role in producing high quality grapes. They get more freshness and elegance than the typical Cabernet Sauvignon from Central Valley.
- The Pais (Mission) grapes come from a historic vineyard in Pumanque. It's truly amazing - a real piece of history with vines of around 150 years of age. There are very few hectares of Pais left in Colchagua ... in fact, according to SAG, Pais does not exist in Colchagua, and that is why La Dispensa is not allowed to mention 'Pais' and 'Colchagua' on their wine label!
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