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Known for its unwavering commitment to excellence in its vineyards and wines, and driven by its constant quest to achieve the best expression of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Puente Alto appellation, Viña Don Melchor presents its latest innovative project: the Sundial Vineyard. Guided by the visionary leadership of CEO and Technical Director Enrique Tirado, this vineyard represents another step forward towards sustainability, the preservation of biodiversity in the vineyard, and addressing the emerging challenges posed by climate change by contributing reliable scientific information on grapevine cultivation.
This sundial vineyard will provide valuable information on the relationship between orientation and planting density in vine cultivation and their effects on the microclimate conditions at the level of the clusters, and thus on their production and ripening. In turn, this project will show how that data can contribute to finding a new vineyard architecture to address the challenges of agricultural sustainability and climate variations, and this new knowledge will be applied in managing both the current vineyard and future renovations. This experimental vineyard was established in 2018 with a massal selection of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Don Melchor Vineyard, planted on ungrafted rootstock over an area of 0.16 hectares. The Sundial Vineyard consists of 60 rows (900 plants in total), each 15 metres long and planted 50 cm apart in the centre and 200 cm apart around the perimeter in a carefully arranged radial pattern of vertically-trained vines.
This parcel is characterised by its presentation of intense, vivid and complex red fruit aromas. Its attack is sweet, with soft tannins, a silky texture and a long and elegant finish.
Vintages from this parcel present aromas of black fruit, tobacco, chocolate, spices and occasionally menthol notes. The high tannins bring a full-bodied texture in the mouth.
With an intense fruity character and notes of black and red fruits, wines from this parcel are dense in the mouth, with the contribution of firm tannins that give great structure.
Characterized by elegance and complexity, this parcel offers vintages with subtle but powerful notes of red fruit. There’s a good balance between acidity and tannins, as well as an extraordinary depth and density in the mouth.
The expression of this parcel is fruity, with notes of spices and graphite. The attack is smooth and evolves into a fresh and balanced aroma, with a mesh of delicate tannins that integrate seamlessly.
With a good fruit expression, intense and complex, wines from this parcel begin with volume and density, providing great structure and persistence on the palate.
This parcel impresses with its aromas of wild fruit and berries, as well as floral and spice notes. With fine and delicate tannins, there is great complexity and roundness in the final result.
