Cousiño Macul Dama de Plata
Wine Description
Cousiño Macul Dama de Plata Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the winery's finest vines in the Buin vineyard. Today's generation of leaders named it in honor of Cousiño family matriarch Isidora Goyenechea, the "Silver Lady," who single-handedly fulfilled her late husband's dream of owning and operating a premier Chilean winery.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Production area/appellation:
Alto Maipo
Vineyard name
Buin Vineyard
Soil composition
Calcareous, Sand, and Stony Soils
Year vineyard planted:
Various
Bottles produced of this wine:
20,400
Sustainability Certification:
Certified Sustainable by Wines of Chile
Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
26
Varietal composition:
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec, 5% Syrah
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
12 days
Fermentation temperature:
45 °F
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
12 Months
Analytical Data
pH level:
3.46
Acidity:
5.1 g/L
Alcohol:
14 %
Residual sugar:
2.5 g/L
Wine Production
After a manual harvest, the grapes pass through a strict selection inside the cellar, a low-temperature maceration, then fermentation and a post-fermentative maceration for greater extraction of color and aromas. It is aged in second-use French oak barrels and transferred to stainless steel tanks for stabilization.
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