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- Region: Valle Central
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- Style: n/a
- Vintage: 2009
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- Alcohol Content (%): 13
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In 1883, Don Melchor founded, together with his wife Doña Emiliana Subercaseaux, the Concha y Toro vineyard. He brought to Chile, as did other visionaries who were establishing vineyards at the time, the best grape varieties of the Bordeaux region: Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Merlot, and Carménère.
As the years passed, the family business grew in reputation and size. In 1923, the family made a forward-looking and pioneering decision to incorporate the winery as a stock company and began to sell shares on the Santiago stock market. The first shipment of Concha y Toro wines dise mbarked at the port of Rotterdam, Holland in March 1933. It was a small beginning, but set the course for the company. Since then, at first slowly and then with dizzying speed, the winery concentrated its efforts on exporting quality wines.
The winery's modern era started at the end of the 1950s, beginning with the enormous task of acquiring vineyards and adapting the business to new demanding markets. In 1987 Concha y Toro partnered with U.S. importer Banfi Vintners, and began to speed up this intense process of modernization, incorporating advanced technology into all of its production stages, and using small French oak barriques. The Marqués de Casa Concha wines, and afterwards the famous Don Melchor label, were born as a result of these efforts. The third stage of this investment in land, technology, and increased capacity began in 1991, with the goal of producing world-class fine wines. Since 1994, shares of Viña Concha y Toro have been traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Today, Concha y Toro wines originate from the producer's own vineyards consisting of 11,200 acres (4,500 hectares) spread throughout Chile's major wine regions: Maipo, Maule, Rapel, Colchagua, Curico, and Casablanca.
Don Melchor de Concha y Toro built the Casona in 1875 as his family home. Don Melchor's wife, Emiliana Subercaseaux, took personal charge of directing its construction. Although it was built in the distinctive style of a Chilean country home, she gave the house a few touches of French architecture for good measure.Inside, visitors are greeted by ample rooms which betray the influence that French culture had on the life of aristocratic Chileans during the late 19th century. On display are paintings by Monvoisin, Lambert, and Subercaseaux, as well as fine clocks and chairs, and elaborate tapestries and weavings. A massive table built from fine native hardwood is the focal point of the richly decorated dining room.
Not unlike other country estates built at the time, the Pirque manor house had extensive grounds - 57 acres in all, fringed by a wide assortment of native trees, Doña Emiliana's passion.A major component of the Concha y Toro heritage, the Pirque manor house is now used to welcome visitors and distinguished guests from all over the world.The house was well known for the many tales and stories spun around it. In fact, the name "Casillero del Diablo" - The Devil's Wine Cellar - came from a favorite anecdote of Don Melchor. According to his own workers, Don Melchor, wishing to keep his choicest wines from prying eyes and lips, spread word that the devil himself dwelled in the cellar. Thus, his employees were scared away from the temptation to steal, and Don Melchor was able to cellar and enjoy his best wines.
This deliciously fruity medium red wine is produced from Carmenere grapes grown in Chiles' Central Valley. This area has a perfect balance of sunshine, irrigation and soil conditions.
The intense deep red wine is un-oaked, medium bodied and has the aroma of ripe fruits with a hint of chocolate. The flavour demonstrates generous fruit and very soft tannins making this wine that is ideal to drink on its' own or as an accompaniment to full flavoured pasta or rich meat dishes.