Save $19 a bottle on an Elqui Valley red with a Perfect 10 Taste Rating (and tons of other high scores) from some of the highest vineyards in the southern hemisphere.
It’s another wonderful wine from importer Eric Solomon, this time an amazingly complex blend of 42% Syrah, 25% Garnacha, 20% Petit Verdot, 8% Touriga Nacional, and 5% Petite Sirah.
The 2020 Vinedos de Alcohuaz Grus is fermented 50% full cluster (except the Garnacha). The wine is made with minimal intervention including being hand-harvested and then foot-trodden in open stone lagars and native yeast fermentation. It was aged mostly in concrete (1,600-liter eggs and 6,000-liter tronconic vats) plus 2,500-liter oak foudres for 12 months.
The grapes come from some of the highest vineyards in the southern hemisphere in the Elqui Valley of Chile. Tons of sun, cold nights and very dry conditions strain the vines in the best way possible and lead to very flavorful fruit.
The winemaker Marcelo Retamal (Reta) is the same one we featured in our excellent Romelio deal. And just like that wine, this one has quite a line-up of high scores. They include:
- 95 pts – Patricio Tapia at Descorchados
- 94 pts – MW Tim Atkins
- 94+ pts – Reverse Wine Snob (Perfect 10 Taste Rating)
- 93 pts – Robert Parker (Wine Advocate)
- 93 pts – Decanter
Here’s some more info from importer Eric Solomon:
Marcelo, or Reta as he prefers to be called, is one of Chile’s most esteemed winemakers and a leader in a burgeoning back-to-the-soil movement sweeping through the country. When he joined Viñedos de Alchohuaz, he was the iconic winemaker of DeMartino where he was already a proponent of site expression, heritage vines, non-interventionist winemaking, and a champion for wines made outside of Chile’s Central Valley. Given the opportunity to not only work with vineyards organically farmed from the start, he could also implement a series of practices (or, more precisely, non-practices) to ensure that the uniqueness of Alto Elqui isn’t lost in the cellar.
Each variety is picked by hand and crushed by foot in stone lagars. Fermentations are spontaneous. After pressing, the wine is gravity-fed into concrete eggs, Stockinger foudres, or French oak vats for undisturbed aging. Some wines are made from single varieties and parcels, while others are blends where each variety supports the others. After fifteen years of tasting and blending, each cuvée has suggested itself rather than being imposed by some formula or plan.
All these steps reveal and preserve the natural acidity and freshness innate to this mountain fruit. They combine the radiant abundance of warm sunny days, a backbone of minerality from the granite, and the liveliness of cold summer nights in the mountains. These lo-fi wines are pure, vibrant, thrilling, and vital. Perhaps it has something to do with all those the ley lines that draw the newagers to the area. We’re more inclined to believe Alvaro’s vision and Reta’s confidently minimalist instincts.
The local name for the southern constellation of the crane, Grus is blend of Syrah and Garnacha, with small additions of Petite Syrah and Petit Verdot. Sourced from several sites and elevations Grus is a calling card for the estate. It is fermented in stone lagars with daily treading of the grapes by foot so as to not extract harsh tannins from the thick-skinned grapes typical of the extreme environment of the Alta Elqui Valley.
Normally priced at quite a reasonable $40 a bottle, today we’ve got it for much less…
For the next day you can get 4 bottles of the 2020 Vinedos de Alcohuaz Grus for just $83.95 ($20.99/bottle). That’s a discount of 47% saving you $19 a bottle!
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Read on for our full review. Unless it sells out sooner, this limited time, winery direct offer ends in just…
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From the winery:
2020 Vinedos de Alcohuaz Grus Mezcla Tinta
The local name for the southern constellation of the crane, Grus is blend of Syrah and Garnacha, with small additions of Petite Syrah and Petit Verdot. Sourced from several sites and elevations Grus is a calling card for the estate. It is fermented in stone lagars with daily treading of the grapes by foot so as to not extract harsh tannins from the thick-skinned grapes typical of the extreme environment of the Alta Elqui Valley.
ORIGIN: Chile
APPELLATION: Elqui Valley
SOIL: Sand, granite, gravel
AGE OF VINES: 9-14 years, ungrafted vines
ELEVATION: 1720-2206 meters
VARIETIES: Syrah, Garnacha, Petite Syrah, Petit Verdot, Touriga Nacional
FARMING: Sustainable
FERMENTATION: Hand harvested, destemmed, natural yeast fermentation in stone lagars, crushed by foot
AGING: 12 months in concrete eggs
PRODUCTION: 6,966 bottlesVegan
13.5% Alcohol
Cork
And now on to our review:
The 2020 Vinedos de Alcohuaz Grus Mezcla Tinta opens with pleasing aromas of red fruit and lots of herbal notes along with touches of spice and flowers and plenty of pleasing, rocky minerality. It’s almost like you can smell where it came from! It’s a great start.
Taking a sip reveals lots of fresh, juicy dark berry fruit plus well-integrated spice. It also has great balance, acidity and structure. There’s plenty of complexity in this one and it’s just lovely to drink! It features similar flavors to the nose but the herbal and mineral notes float to the background in the mouth.
It ends dry and extremely long and lasting on the finish and it was even better on day 2 where the wine was even longer and more dynamic. Fantastic!
Cheers,
Jon
2020 VINEDOS DE ALCOHUAZ GRUS
Taste: 10 (94+ points) Cost: 3
OVERALL RATING: 8.3
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