LFE 900 Single-Vineyard 2019/20, Colchagua Valley

This Shiraz-based blend comes from the largest family-owned wine company in Chile. If you love big, bold reds, Colchagua Valley will be your paradise. Sandwiched between the Andes and the Coastal Mountain Range, with an arid climate which is too much for the delicate skin of white grapes – but is perfect to slowly ripen red grapes, intensifying the flavours. Luis Felipe Edwards’ vineyards are at a particularly high-altitude, 900 meters above sea level, which creates a slightly cooler micro-climate. This wine is a blend of Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Shiraz and Petit Verdot. All are sourced from the same high-altitude vineyard in Colchagua Valley, which enjoys average temperatures 30 degrees lower than in the valley floor. The result is intensely flavoured, slow-ripened grapes, creating wines with ripe, dense black fruit flavour, structured by muscular yet velvety tannins. How does it taste? Fresh and fruity. It’s got incredible intensity from ripening in the Colchagua sun. Think strawberry, black cherry and cassis. A lovely ripe, velvety texture complements this moreish fruitiness. Ideal with roast beef.