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Grape Varieties: Syrah 85%, Grenache 15%
DESCORCHADOS - 2022 91/100
TIM ATKIN - 2021 94/100
After several years of experimentation, Aurelio Montes decided to produce a rosé from Syrah (the grape he made famous in Chile with the country`s first Ultra-Premium Syrah, Montes Folly). Montes Cherub is a seductive, elegant, dry wine, with intense cherry-pink colour.
Tasting Notes: Brilliant, pale coral in colour. The nose is very intense and expressive, with a predominant aroma of fresh red fruits, like raspberry and tart cherry. Notes of pineapple and apricot lend a hint of freshness to the nose, with a background of subtle floral aromas that confer a perfumed and cheerful finish. The palate is balanced and fresh, with crisp, natural acidity and a delicate body, followed by a medium finish. A very versatile wine; ideal for any occasion.
Food Pairing: Highly recommended with sushi, salmon with mushroom sauce, paella, pasta with shrimp sauce, cannelloni and lasagne.
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A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries.
It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness.
