Description

PRODUCER:
Viña Echeverría is a family-run estate winery, owned and managed by the Echeverría family. Established in 1930, but with an agricultural heritage dating back to the 1700s, Viña Echeverría remains, as it always has, driven by a shared passion for winemaking and an uncompromising pursuit of excellence. Viña Echeverría combines nearly a century of viticulture and winemaking expertise with a modern, state-of-the-art winery to produce an extensive collection of high-quality wines. The ‘No es Pituko’ range represents a radical departure from the rest of the more traditional Echeverría wines, both in look and makeup, being vinified naturally, without any additions at any stage. Viña Echeverría has recently been awarded its Sustainable Winery status by Wines of Chile, as well as its ISO9000 certification.

VINEYARD:
The vineyard is located in Molina in the Curicó Valley at an altitude of 243 metres. It is situated on the 35th parallel south, between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Intense sunshine is tempered by cooling sea breezes and the influence of the Andes Mountains, allowing the grapes to achieve outstanding fruit aromas and exceptional colour concentration, with natural balancing acidity. The warm, dry days and cold nights encourage a long growing season, which provides the perfect conditions for bold yet elegant wines from Cabernet Franc. Working with a model of micro viticulture, each plot, of no more than half a hectare, is identified according to its terroir and microclimate and planted accordingly. Grapes are cultivated using specific pruning methods, irrigation, canopy management and harvesting, which results in grapes of optimum quality and flavour. The fertile soils are alluvial in origin, with clay loam and stone at 80cm.

WINEMAKING:
A cool pre-fermentation maceration took place on the skins at 8°C, lasting for eight hours, imparting the delicate pale pink colour to be transferred from the skins to the must. Decantation took place for 24 to 36 hours at 8°C, clarifying the juice, which was then fermented in stainless steel tanks with selected yeasts at controlled temperatures of 13 to 18°C. Fermentation lasted for 25 days before the wine was racked and stored for 45 days in stainless steel tanks on the fine lees to impart texture.

TASTING NOTE:
Delicate pale pink in colour, this expressive Cabernet Franc rosé offers aromas of wild strawberry and juicy white peach. The vibrant and fruity character is balanced by a fresh and mouthwatering finish.

GRAPES:
Cabernet Franc 100%.