This is La Despensa's flagship Rhône-blend, produced from grapes from their own, organic vineyard in Colchagua. Their passion is to produce very high-quality grapes - it’s the vineyard work that they love the most. So this blend is always a little different year after year, as they make whatever the vineyard gives them. In 2020 they incorporated a little Roussanne to the blend, which adds some mouthfeel and a tiny background note of tropical fruit, to accompany the fresh fruit and structure that the other varieties bring out.
"A very vivid and bright nose with lots of red fruit and flowers. Some sweet currants, raspberries and pomegranate in the forefront followed by a nice touch of bay leaf, graphite and flowers. Juicy and bright on the palate with a medium body and firm and fresh tannins. Very drinkable. 45% grenache, 35% syrah, 15% mourvedre and 5% roussanne. Co-fermented. Enjoy now."
- James Suckling (February 2023), 92 pts
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The red blend 2020 Boutique Field Blend was produced with Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Roussanne from organic but not certified vines planted in 2013 that in the warm and dry 2020 ripened thoroughly to 14.5% alcohol but kept good freshness, denoted by a pH of 3.5. It matured in concrete and was bottled unoaked. It's ripe and heady, with notes of Mediterranean herbs and ripe fruit. It's medium to full-bodied with abundant, slightly dusty tannins. Better with food. 5,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2021. - Luis Gutiérrez"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (April 2023), 89 pts
Tim Atkin (Chile Report 2023), 89 pts
At La Despensa, the team is proudly Colchagüino. All the wines are produced from grapes grown in the Colchagua Valley. They say they'll never make wines from another valley!
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