VINE TYPE
Villa Gresti is born from a selection of the Estate’s best Merlot grapes. Blend of Merlot 90%, Carmenère 10%.

AGE OF VINES
From 10 to 20 years.

YEILD PER HECTARE
From 50 to 60 quintals/hectare (2.25 to 2.67 tons/acre).

HARVEST PERIOD
The grapes are picked when perfectly ripe towards the end of September.

VINIFICATION
Grapes are hand-selected on a conveyor belt, then destemmed and soft-crushed, with minimal use of sulphur dioxide. The juice ferments and macerates on the skins for a long period of time, during which the cap is punched down daily. The must is cold-clarified by allowing the lees to settle.

MATURATION
After fermentation in cement tanks, the wine begins to mature in small 225-litre barrels, where it will stay for 12 to 14 months..

BOTTLE AGEING
For at least 12 months before released onto the market.

SENSORY ANALYSIS
Intense ruby red, it has a broad, pervasive nose with lingering notes of tobacco and intriguing hints of vanilla and cocoa powder. The palate finds a perfect balance of softness and acidity with the sweet, elegantly assertive and velvet smooth tannins that are the hallmark of this variety.