I already love Chilean wines for their value but these go so much further than that. Grown just 12km from the Pacific Ocean these grapes stay nice and cool through the ripening period, allowing for wines with excellent acidity, freshness, and complexity. This Syrah for example shows juicy blackberry and raspberry, pungent black pepper, and cedar from it’s 14 months in French oak. A cold soak allowed this wine to extract plenty of colour without going overboard on the tannins. The acidity keeps this from feeling heavy, but no doubt it is still a robust wine. Like the Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc in this series, this wine finishes with some chalkiness, I think of it as a signature.