Kalfu, Sumpai Sauvignon Blanc
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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.

	Leyda Valley, Chile.		Limestone with alluvial rocks.
	Viña Ventisquero.		Training: Espalier w/ open canopy. Density of plants: 2,800 vines/hectare. Age: 7 years old.
	Alejandro Galaz.		Cold soaking for 12 hours. Controlled fermenting. No maloactic fermentation. Lees stirring after 3 months.
	100% Sauvignon Blanc.		None.
	1.47 grams per liter.		4 months in the bottle.
	6.7 grams per liter.		583 cases.
	12.5% by volume.		Oysters Rockefeller, marinated grilled shrimp, scallops, crab cakes, cerviche, fish and white meat.