Antiyal

Saturday 19 nov, we bottled 29.000 bottels , started early Cleaning the Bottling machine, trying the wine, making sure all is well conected, the first bottles, trying them, chequing all the standards, taste, avoid oxigen in the bottling, we had the visit of Sean and Peter from Yealands, New Zealand, our family too came to help.So we ended at 11:20 pm a long day, but all ok , its like giving one exam a year!!

Tell us what bottle you drunk, where, if you had a nice time, and how the wine was….

Work during spring and beatiful floweres in the vineyards to attract insects We are bottling this Saturday our 2010 wines, lots of work, we will post some photos of bottling on Sunday.

Pictures of recent client visits…

Friends we are on our way to China!

The moon festival is waiting for Kuyen our moon wine from the Andes mountains. We are very happy and wish the best to everyone, that the moon brings us peace.

We are now starting to prune ( la poda ) , and putting in our compost toweard the coming year of our vines.

Friends we are in the middle of Harvest, great fruit so far, only a little rain at the end of April, but we are doing well. (Alvaro will be writting some thechnical info shortly!!)

Today Monday 2 of May we are harvesting our Syrah from Escorial, around 5.000 kilos a beautiful day, we will continue on Friday and Saturday with some more Syrah, leaving our Carmenere for the end.

Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested on april 14 from our house, Olivos, and last week from Escorial.

Here a photo of our Dream Team, Ramon Sanchez, Ramon Gonzales, Ramon Rubio , Juan Manuel Cuadra a new helper from this year, and two guys in practice, Felipe Sanchez and Eduardo Ulloa.

Salud!!!

2008 Antiyal Vinedo Escorial Maipo Valley
($60) Deep violet. Exotic aromas of candied dark berries, fruitcake, licorice and dried flowers. Lush and gently chewy in texture, displaying sweet blackberry and blueberry flavors and a sexy floral undertone. Becomes spicier with aeration, picking up star anise and black pepper notes that carry through a long, intensely perfumed, tannic finish. This wine’s structure bodes well for aging.
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2008 Antiyal Kuyen Maipo Valley
($60; 43% carmenere, 39% cabernet sauvignon and 18% syrah) Glass-staining ruby. High-pitched, assertive aromas of raspberry and blackberry, complicated by floral and incense nuances and a hint of smoky herbs. Juicy, palate-staining red and dark berry preserve flavors show impressive purity and pick up sweetness with aeration. Lively and precise on the finish, which echoes the floral and smoke notes strongly. Incidentally, the 2007, which I had the chance to taste twice this winter, both in Chile and here in New York, is showing a wild array of spice-accented dark berry qualities and an exotic note of apricot. It’s quite open-knit now but has the depth to age for quite a bit longer.
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2007 Antiyal Carmenere Vinedo Escorial Maipo Valley
($48-$60) Bright purple. Blackcurrant and cherry pit on the nose, enriched by pungent spice and tobacco qualities that gain power with air. Sweet, sappy red and dark berry flavors are framed by dusty tannins, becoming brighter on the back end. The spicy note recurs on the long, focused finish. Give this a little air. (Global Vineyard Importers, Berkeley, CA; T. Edward Wines, New York, NY)
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