Cousiño-Macul Dama De Plata

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Wine Description

Season 2014-2015 had the highest temperatures and least amount of frosts in the last 3 years.  It's main characteristics were the absence of rainfalls during the flowering and harvest period, giving us very healthy grapes to work with. 

High temperatures got our grapes faster to optimal ripening, giving to our wines a discreet acidity, structured tannins and higher aromatic intensity.  

Cousiño-Macul Winery
Cousiño-Macul Vineyard
The gate to Cousiño-Macul winery
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Acclaim
“Cool and savory with just a hint of something vegetal this is a really elegant wine with the vitality you expect of Chile. A long, very clean finish.”
— James Suckling, Mar 2018
“Released for the first time in 2015, this is made in a deliberately more modern style at Cousiño, marrying Cabernet with 10% Malbec and 5% Syrah. Spicy, smooth and sumptuously wooded with violet and wild herb aromas and a core of sweet plummy fruit.”
— Tim Atkin, Mar 2018
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Vineyard & Production Info
Soil composition
Calcareous, Sand, and Stony
Year vineyard planted:
Various
Bottles produced of this wine:
20,400
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
26
Varietal composition:
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec, 5% Syrah
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
12 days
Fermentation temperature:
45 °F
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
12 Months
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.7
Alcohol:
14 %
Residual sugar:
2.7 g/L
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Wine Production

100% of this wine comes from a specific vineyard in Buin, specially managed and dedicated to the best Cabernet Sauvignon of this Estate.  The Malbec and Syrah come from small blocks of varieties.  After a manual harvest it passes through a strict selection inside the cellar, a maceration at low temperature (44.6 F) that takes one week then the fermentation is started at an average temperature of 77 F.  This process takes 12 days and is finished with a post-fermentative maceration for greater extraction of color and aromas for two weeks.  After maceration, 100% of this wine is transfered to second use French Oak barrels, where is ages for 12 months while it goes through a full malolactic fermentation.  After this period in barrels, it is transfered to stainless steel tanks for stabilization and it is finally bottled.