Castillo De Molina Riesling

Viña^? San Pedro has been crafting wines in Chile for nearly one-hundred and fifty years. Once a pioneer, today a New World^? innovator, along the years San Pedro has helped build an industry stretching from the Elqui Valley to the Bío Bío Valley.

Castillo de Molina was San Pedro's first Reserve^? range of wines and has become a renowned Chilean reserve wine the world over. Its current direction is to identify the best Chilean terroirs for each variety, and thus obtain the highest individual expression for every single one. Castillo today offers eleven varieties, stemming from the most diverse viticultural regions in Chile, including Carménère from Maule, Cabernet Sauvignon from Alto Cachapoal and a smashing Sauvignon Blanc^? from the Elqui Valley. Castillo wines are well known and acknowledged by critics and consumers alike, awarded with numerous prizes, medals and scores in specialized publications and wine blogs.

100% Riesling

This wine is made of grapes stemming from Viña^? San Pedro’s vineyards of Riesling in the Curicó Valley. The vines are trellised to a vertical^? shoot and drip irrigated.

The grapes were hand-picked, in 15kg boxes, on two separated dates. The first part, on March 24th, made up 92% of the total end-mixture, and contributed freshness, fruit and vivacity. The remaining 8% was harvested on the second week of May, adding a higher level of complexity^? and sweetness^? on the palate^?. Vineyard’s yield^? was 10 tons/ha.^?

The grapes were pressed whole, without prior crushing. Alcoholic fermentation^?? took place with selected yeasts^? and controlled temperatures between 13.5°C and 14.5°C, over a period of 24 days.

Aged 4 months in used French oak^?? barrels to provide the wine with some evolution.

Color: pale yellow, clean^? and bright^?.
Aroma^?: it displays a fresh and, at the same time, perfumed nose^?, filled with fresh fruits, citrusy and flower aromas, with outstanding hints of grapefruit^?, lime, apple^? and apricot^?, interlaced with subtle caramel notes, which add complexity^?.
Palate^?: fresh, fruity^? and well-balanced^?, elegantly textured and with good acidity^?, a great middle body^?, mineral^? notes and persistent finish^?.

12.96% alcohol^? per volume; 2.9 pH^?; 7.1 g/l total acidity^?; 0.49 g/l volatile^? acidity^?; 9.6 g/l sugar^?.

Ideal as an aperitif^?, with fish and shellfish.

Serving temperature: 10°C.

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