Type: Red Wine
Country: Chile
Region: Central Valley
Code: ELPI100
Produced by Chile’s number one wine producer, Viña Luis Felipe Edwards, this Merlot comes from Chile’s Central Valley region. Known for it’s fresh, ripe fruit flavours, plum notes and an enticing hint of smoke.
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Viña Luis Felipe Edwards

The history of Viña Luis Felipe Edwards (LFE) dates back to 1976, when Luis Felipe Edwards Sr. purchased the Fundo San José de Puquillay estate, located in the Colchagua Valley, a premier viticultural region in Chile. The estate sits nestled in a secluded horseshoe-shaped valley, separated from the majestic snow-capped Andes by the smaller San Fernando ridge. At that time, it was planted with 60 hectares of vines dating back from the beginning of the 20th century, consisting mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmenere and Merlot. In the early Nineties, Luis Felipe Sr. decided to make wine under his own name and so built a modern winery equipped with the latest state of the art techNology.
This rich Merlot displays smooth plum and black cherry fruit flavours.
Ideal with a variety of red and white meats and pasta dishes.
The Merlot grapes come mainly from the Central Valley and Maule regions and are harvested by both machine and manual methods. The grapes are destemmed and crushed and the stems discarded. The must is pumped to an insulated and temperature controlled fermentation vessel; during fermentation, the open pump over method is used. The must ferments at 25-28°C. Pressing takes place when the required amounts of colour, flavour and tannin have been extracted; the pressed wine being kept separate. Malolactic fermentation occurs naturally.

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