Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl, 14.5%)

A Colchagua Valley red wine blending 90% Cabernet Sauvignon with 10% Merlot, bottled at 14.5% ABV. Fruit comes from the Apalta and Marchigüe vineyards and is hand-harvested before spending 12 months in French oak barrels. Viña Montes practices dry farming, growing vines without irrigation, which produces smaller berries with higher phenolic concentration. The wine is fermented before barrel ageing. The nose opens with concentrated blackcurrant, fig, crème de cassis and ripe blueberry, with spicy black pepper, tobacco leaf and subtle toast. The palate is generous with dark plum and blackcurrant, with hints of chilli chocolate and dusty spice, finishing with tobacco, leather, dark berry notes and mint-like freshness.