The Viña La Ronciere Licantén Malbec is sourced from grapes grown on the Idahue Estate in the unique DO of Licantén, just 25km from the Pacific Ocean in Chile's Curicó Valley. Aged for 10 months in French oak barrels, this is a savoury style of Malbec with notes of loganberries and spices. It is fresh and concentrated on the palate, with a mineral, graphite undertone. It has firm, ripe tannins, and a long finish.
Viña La Ronciere was founded in 1949, but it was only in 2017 that they started their venture at the Idahue Estate. The project pioneered grape growing in the cooler Licantén, a coastal sub-region of Chile's Curicó Valley. Focusing only on...
Chile's Central Valley viticultural region is the oldest, most traditional and internationally renowned wine region, due predominately to its proximity to the national capital of Santiago. It is located directly across the Andes from one of Argentina's most famous wine regions, Mendoza. Within...
Malbec is a black grape variety that is traditionally used in Bordeaux blends to provide both colour and tannin to the wine. It is also grown in the Loire, South-West France, where it was responsible for the ‘black-wine of Cahors’ and many other Mediterranean wine regions....
