Vinos de Terroir Tasting NY Nov 2012.pptx

1. Presented by Pedro Parra, PhD
Wine Tasting led by Sandy Block, Master of Wine
Moderated by Mark Oldman, Best-Selling Wine Author

2. Terroir Expertise
 Master of Science, Precision Agriculture Montpellier, Ph.D in
Terroir in Paris. Form in Burgundy and Medoc
 More than 20,000 soil vine profiles
 Research: Tasting WNE – SOIL
 Experience in Chile, Argentina, Tuscany,
Vosne Romanee – Echezeaux – Nuits, Sonoma-Napa,
Uruguay, Armenia, Okanagan, Mancha
 Partner at ARISTOS, Clos des Fous and Altos las Hormigas

3. Atacama desert Paris
CHILE in Two Words
 A GEOLOGICALLY fractured land
MOUNTAIN terroir, very COMPLEX geology
COMPLEX climate 1.750 km
 Young industry, not yet MATURE
Last 10 years was focused on the
EXPLORATION of new terroirs
The best is yet to come…
Osorno Sevilla

4. Gravel
Toconao,Lo Abarca, Valley, 2.980 –Itata Bio Bio
Atacama Desert, North ofLeyda Andes Mountain, Maipo Valley
Old Vines never Antonio mt Chile Valley
Elqui
San irrigated, Granite
Malleco – Traiguen, South of Chile
Limestone Schist

5. THE WINES

6. SAN ANTONIO
LO ABARCA
THE WINE
CASA MARÍN
CIPRESES VINEYARD 2011

7. The Heart of Cipreses
Vineyard
Pioneering vineyard in Chile for cold coastal
vineyards (The true Sonoma coast?)
CLIMATE: Very cold-fresh, cloudy, windy climate in
front of the sea
SOIL: a blend of GRANITE and LIMESTONE. Steep
slopes, different aspects and extremely low yields
Total production is about 4,500 cases

10. ALTO MAIPO
THE WINES
SANTA RITA
CASA REAL 2009
CONCHA Y TORO
DON MELCHOR 2008

11. TERROIR OVERVIEW of ALTO MAIPO
CLIMATE is fresh to fresh-warm Andean climate. Important thermic
oscillation. Long growing cycle, few rains in the growing season
SOIL: Complex alluvial system, at least four terraces. In general,
great terroirs are older terraces
As in the left bank (same geological system), wines used to be
Cabernet Sauvignon blends, sometimes with Carmenere, Cabernet
Franc, Merlot or Syrah
One of the oldest and FAMOUS Chilean wine regions. Top terroir

13. The Heart of Casa Real
One of the oldest Cabernet Sauvignons from Chile
CLIMATE: Fresh-warm Andean climate. Very slight slope
facing west
SOIL: Complex mix of alluvial third terrace of the Maipo
River + colluvial erosion from the “Ratones” Mountain
Wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, vines are around 40
years old
Total production is about 2,000 cases

16. The Heart of Don Melchor
The oldest Cabernet Sauvignon on the right bank of the
Maipo River
CLIMATE: Strong influence from the Andes Mountains and
the Andes winds. Fresh, with little rain in the growing
season
SOIL: 100% third terrace from the Maipo River. So, one
macro terroir, with around 27 micro terroirs
Wine is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and some Cabernet
Franc, from 4-year-old vines to 37-year-old vines
Total production is about 10,000 cases

18. THIRD ALLUVIAL TERRACE: Older, gravelly sandy and gravelly clay. Soil
developed roots – gravel – clay system. Very good drainage and fertility.
SECOND ALLUVIAL TERRACE: Young, gravelly sandy, few clay formations.
Very high drainage.

19. CACHAPOAL and
ALTO CACHAPOAL
THE WINES
CONCHA Y TORO
CARMÍN DE PEUMO 2008
ALTAÏR
ALTAÏR 2007

20. The Heart of Carmín de Peumo
This wine can be considered the first Icon Carmenere
CLIMATE: Warm valley climate with fresh nights
SOIL: Colluvial-Alluvial from a mix of three different
geographic regions: volcanic, granitic and alluvial from the
Cachapoal River
Terroir shows a big heterogeneity, some soils have a water
table
Wine is a blend of Carmenere with a touch of Cabernet
Sauvignon from Alto Maipo and Cabernet Franc
Total production is about 1,200 cases

23. The Heart of Altaïr
First millesime was 2002. Maybe the first wine to
shows ALTO CACHAPOAL’s potential
CLIMATE: Fresh warm with a strong influence from the
Andes’ high altitude climate
SOIL: Twelve macro terroir units, two “kings terroirs”:
Sandy alluvial-colluvial and geological intrusive yellow
slope
WINE: Unusual, clever blend: the heart is geology +
gravel. At least 20 different wines from the vineyard
Total production is about 2,000 cases

27. ACONCAGUA
THE WINES
ERRÁZURIZ
DON MAXIMIANO 2007
SEÑA
SEÑA 2007

28. The Heart of Don Maximiano
First Icon wine from ERRÁZURIZ
CLIMATE: Fresh-warm climate, very little rain
SOIL: A complex blend of four vineyards: MAX I, MAX II, MAX III and MAX V. The last is
very different from the others. It is 100% alluvial second or third terrace from the
Aconcagua river. MAX I, II and III are both coluvial and geological.
WINE is built as a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot, 6% Cabernet
Franc and 6% Syrah
The total production is about 5,000 cases

30. The Heart of Seña
First icon wine from Chile, joint Venture with R. Mondavi, 1995
CLIMATE: Cold-fresh Andean climate with an easterly aspect,
poor afternoon sun
SOIL: Complex, 13 macro terroir units, more than 24 micro
terroir units. Soils are complex, colluvial in some areas, and
blend colluvial – with three different geologies in others
The wine is built as a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26%
Carmenere, 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Syrah and 1% Merlot
Total production is about 5,000 cases

33. 1 : 5.000
SEÑA TERROIR 1 : 100.000
Is all about the scale
1 : 50.000
1 : 25.000

34. APALTA
THE WINES
MONTES
ALPHA M 2010
CASA LAPOSTOLLE
CLOS APALTA 2009
MONTES
FOLLY 2009

35. The Heart of Alpha M
The first icon wine from Colchagua
CLIMATE: Warm to very warm, with fresh wind
coming from the ocean. Little rain during the
growing season
SOIL: Complex, eight macro terroir units, more than
32 micro terroir units. Soil is granite (at least 8 types
of granite micro terroirs), volcanic diorite, volcanic
colluvial. Complex geological system. Very funny
vineyard
Total production is 4,050 cases.

36. 2. Older Tinguiririca alluvial stony terrace 3. Very stony volcanic colluvions
4. Beautiful red iron-oxid granitics parental rocks
5. Volcanic rocks
6. Granitic quartzcic colluvion 1. Tinguiririca Recent alluvial stony terrace

38. The Heart of Clos Apalta
CLIMATE: Fresh warm climate with south-easterly aspect
SOILS : Nine macro terroir units, more than 44 micro terroir
units. Soils are mainly granitics, granodioritics, dioritics and
volcanic colluvial
WINE: The wine is made from very old vines and is a blend of
Carmenere from silty clay flat soils (with redoxic system soil)
with Cabernet Sauvignon from flat granitic soils and granitic, in
addition to Petit Verdot
Total porduction is 6,361 cases

41. The Heart of
Montes Folly
SOIL: Hermitage like, unique red oxid iron cuarcic
granite soil, with convex form. Quite rare in Apalta
Spots of those micro terroirs are around 0.3 has, and
find five spots. The spots are always present in the
high altitude vineyards
Total production is 1,000 cases