Viña Morandé S.A.

The difference beween a wine and an excellent wine lies in three basic elements: soil, climate and vinestock.

However, it is always possible to go further when defining the characteristics that make a product really special..

Since a great wine is determined from the outset by its stock and the soil in which the vineyard has been planted, the skill of the wine-maker in combining each element in the best possible way is what gives the finished product its own character and personality..

By choosing the three main varietals from the most representative valleys for their production, we discover a unique "terroir" line of wines, that combine the best vinestocks with the best soil, VITIS TERRA - vinestock and soil, achieving an exceptional result that places these wines as the best in their class.

MORANDÉ VITISTERRA CABERNET SAUVIGNON

The grapes used in preparing this wine come from the Maipo Valley, renowned for its permeable soils and Mediterranean climate, with hot summer days and cool nights, allowing the grapes to develop and ripen gradually the ideal place for planting this variety.

The whole fermentation process is carried out in stainless steel vats and the wine is then aged in French Oak casks for 14 months, achieving a potent, intense wine, full-bodied, flavoured with black fruits and juices, plus an interesting combination of vanilla, given by the wood, and sweet tastes reminiscent of tobacco and fruit preserves.

Ideal to accompany joints of small game, birds, boar, rabbit, red meats in general, mature cheeses and spicy dishes. May be drunk immediately or stored for 3 or more years.

MORANDÉ VITISTERRA MERLOT

The grapes used in the production of this wine come from the Maipo Valley, well-known for its alluvial soils which, together with high temperatures in summer and cool nights, provide ideal conditions for the Merlot stock.

This wine has been fermented in stainless steel vats and then aged in casks of French Oak for about 12 months in order to achieve an intense, well-structured wine, full of flavour and with very attractive scents and colour. An intense, deep red wine with a hint of rubies. In the nose it is elegant with aromas of fresh herbs, black pepper and red fruits. This is a medium-bodied wine, with pleasant, complex flavours, smoothness and sweet tannins.

Perfect with pastas, white meats, cold meats, mature cheeses and cream soups. A good companion could be salmon au gratin

MORANDÉ VITISTERRA CHARDONNAY

The grapes come from the first vineyard planted in the famous Casablanca Valley, recognized internationally for its ideal growing conditions for this variety, due to its closeness to the sea, which considerably affects the climate. With sandy soil and good drainage, irrigated by well-water, it receives the influence of the sea with typical cool mornings, often with mist and quite low temperatures, which rise towards mid-day when the skies clear, letting the sun come in to do its work..

This wine has been fermented and then aged in casks of French Oak, used for the first and second time, for about 9 months. The resulting wine is very interesting, both in fragrance and structure, with an attractive, pale golden-yellow colour.

This is a gleaming wine, golden-yellow and olive in colour. In the nose it offers aromas of tropical fruit with papayas much in evidence. Its ageing in wood gives it an aromatic scent of toasted vanilla. In the mouth it is easy to detect the tropical fruit and the toasting of the wood. It is a wine with great body and persistence, fresh and typically very fruity, with a certain sensation of minerals and syrup.

Ideal with strong-flavoured seafood and somewhat oily fish, such as a good smoked salmon, bonito or corvina, and white poultry meat.

MORANDÉ VITISTERRA SYRAH

This is an intense, gleaming violet-red wine. In the nose it offers aromas of toasted wood, vanilla, barbaque, spices and tobacco leaves, together with dried fruits, such as prunes and cherries. In the mouth it is a great wine with plentiful intense flavours of candied fruit and bitter chocolate. It has silky tannins leading into an enjoyable finish.

The fruit from the Syrah vine comes from the Pataguita vineyard, situated in the Maipo Valley, very close to the city of Santiago. There is a predominance of gravel and laterite soils in most of the best vineyards, with some sandy loam soils in other areas. A wide variety of strategies and techniques are used in canopy management, such as positioning the shoots vertically, all with the aim of maximizing the amount of sunlight in the area where the fruit is ripening..

Irrigation is applied wisely to maintain the balanced growth of the vine and achieve a constant ripening rhythm.

The fruit is harvested by hand to ensure its arrival at the winery in optimum condition. It is then stemmed and crushed, leaving a high proportion of grapes intact to give the wine a fruitier flavour. Before fermentation the wine is macerated at a low temperature for 24 hours. Energetic extraction at the beginning is followed by a gentler action to conserve the fruit and give the wine more body.

Then the wine undergoes post-fermentation maceration for 28 days before being stored in French oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation takes place. Once this is completed, the wine is kept and aged in the same barrels for 14 months. .