This Gran Terroir Cabernet Sauvignon is made from the first vineyard ever planted at the foot of the Andes in Colchagua, near Los Lingues. It is an extremely dry terroir with a unique microclimate. The vineyard has a unique alluvial-colluvial soil, which also results in exceptionally large temperature differences between day and night. Daytime temperatures are much higher than on the coast, but the mountain winds and the altitude cool the vineyard considerably in the afternoon and evening. This makes this vineyard particularly suitable for Cabernet Sauvignon.
The old vineyard is called Los Lingues, and this is also stated on the label. It is a Single Vineyard, and you can clearly taste its beautiful structure. When the Cabernet grapes reach perfect ripeness, they are harvested by hand and transported to the press in small crates. This is followed by a culminating 12 months of aging in French barrels. In the Casa Silva cellars, the wine is stored in full wooden barrels where it can mature undisturbed, and only when it has reached sufficient strength is it bottled. The aroma reveals impressions of ripe red fruit with notes of black pepper and hints of tobacco. The palate is powerful, with abundant blackcurrant fruit and a richness of spice, cedarwood, vanilla, tobacco, and black pepper.
