Syrah
2023 Valle Dorado
Vineyard
Valley: Central Valley (Entre Cordillera)
From a selection of different valleys in the Central region, including Curico, Maule and Colchagua.
Climatic conditions: Mediterranean with a long, dry summer season and intense sunlight. Marked DTR (Diurnal Temperature Range, or difference between day and night temperatures), key for assisting the development of flavors.
Vintage & Harvest
Blend: Syrah grapes, from ungrafted selected clones of pre-phylloxera French rootstock.
Harvest:
- March 29th, 2023.
- Hand-picked in 18 kg boxes and carried to the winery immediately after cutting
- Carefully selected before processing
Winemaking
- Cold maceration for 12 hours to enhance fruit flavors
- Pre-fermentation maceration between 7-10°C for 2 days in stainless steel tanks. Fermented in stainless steel tanks between 24 and 28° for 15 days, and subsequent malolactic fermentation
- Stored in stainless steel tanks until bottling
Roberto Echeverría Jr has been the Chief Winemaker at Viña Echeverría since 2001.
Inspired by his French heritage, Roberto’s signature style produces wines with a combination of Old World elegance and New World energy. More European viticultural techniques include timely harvesting to avoid over ripeness and therefore good balance and control of alcohol levels. Focus is on French varietals, barrels and yeasts, as well as longer fermentation and aging in barrels and diverse blending.