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Red · Chile
Montes, Classic Series Merlot 2021
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About this wine
Montes, Classic Series Merlot 2021 is a red wine from Colchagua Valley, Chile. Published figures: 14% alcohol, residual sugar of 2.79 g/L and a pH of 3.59.
The tasting card
- Producer
- Not published
- Wine
- Montes, Classic Series Merlot
- Vintage
- 2021
From the label - Region
- Chile
- Appellation
- Colchagua Valley
Named by the producer (monteswines.com). - Grapes
- Not published
- Sweetness
- Not published
- Farming
- No verified farming claim
- Alcohol
- 14%
From the label - Total acidity
- Not published
- Residual sugar
- 2.79 g/L
From the tech sheet, printed for the 2021 vintage by the producer (monteswines.com) - pH
- 3.59
From the tech sheet, printed for the 2021 vintage by the producer (monteswines.com)
Tasting note
With a ruby-red colour, the wine has a nose dominated by primary fruit, including fresh red berries and black plum. There are also notes of sweet spice, and thanks to the 8 months in French oak, very delicate aromas of vanilla, mocha, and nuts. The palate is balanced and smooth, with medium body and a long finish.
From the producer's own tech sheet for the 2021 vintage, in its own words.
Winemaking
From the producer's tech sheet for the 2021 vintage. Only what the sheet prints.
- The producer suggests
- Highly recommended with slow-cooked beef with french fries, filet of beef “a lo pobre” (with onions, french fries, and a fried egg), Valencian paella, cannelloni, and lasagne.
- The producer's drinking window
- Can be enjoyed now or cellared for up to 6 years.
Awards
None published.
Structure
A bar appears only where the producer published a number. Measured figures come from the producer's technical sheet; the body bar is inferred from alcohol and labelled that way.
14% alcoholinferred Body is estimated from alcohol. It is not a producer measurement.
absent Not measured. No producer tech sheet behind these wines publishes tannin as a number, so we show no bar.
2.79 g/L residual sugarmeasured From the producer's technical sheet.
absent No total acidity figure published.
What the critics said
None on record.
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