Tasting Notes: Visionary Alejandro Galaz is passionate about making “cool climate” wines – crystalline, elegant and clean, with a taut palate and moderate alcohol. To achieve his vision, he went all the way to the Atacama Desert – the driest place on earth – and produced one of the world’s first “extreme terroir” wines. With diurnal temperature variations of 70°, the vines have a near un-earthly long ripening. And WOW!!! Irrigated by subterranean spring water, the wine flexes tension and power, and has an intense salinity. With a piercingly clean finish, it intermingles notes of stone, citrus fruit and herbs.
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Leyda Valley, Chile. | ![]() |
Limestone with alluvial rocks. |
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Viña Ventisquero. | ![]() |
Training: Espalier w/ open canopy. Density of plants: 2,800 vines/hectare. Age: 7 years old. |
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Alejandro Galaz. | ![]() |
Cold soaking for 12 hours. Controlled fermenting. No maloactic fermentation. Lees stirring after 3 months. |
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100% Sauvignon Blanc. | ![]() |
None. |
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1.47 grams per liter. | ![]() |
4 months in the bottle. |
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6.7 grams per liter. | ![]() |
583 cases. |
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12.5% by volume. | ![]() |
Oysters Rockefeller, marinated grilled shrimp, scallops, crab cakes, cerviche, fish and white meat. |
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