Pedregoso Gran Reserva Viognier 2022

At the gateway to the Atacama Desert, in one of Chile's northernmost wine regions, Tabali produces unique wines in the Limari Valley. Their uniqueness lies in their irrigation using runoff from the Andean glaciers. This Viognier vineyard is located in the coastal part of the Limari Valley. It is an alluvial terrace whose soils are composed of clay on the surface and limestone below. The grapes were pressed in whole bunches, then the must is decanted at low temperature for 12 hours, then racked into stainless steel vats. After alcoholic fermentation, the wine will rest in vats before being bottled. This wine reveals notes of apricot, pear , ripe apple, citrus, white flowers , and ginger. The palate is aromatic and combined with a chalky minerality, giving this wine a brilliant purity and structure.

It was Hernán Cortés who ordered, upon the conquest of Mexico, the cultivation of vines in 1524. It gradually extended from Mexico southwards to reach Chile in 1555. During the first 3 centuries of colonization, there was no Cultivated in Chile as país, a black grape variety without character and very productive. It was not until the middle of the 19th century that noble varieties were introduced: mainly cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay. Twenty years later, winemaking was modernized under the leadership of wealthy owners and French experts who were forced into unemployment by phylloxera in Europe. Chile stretches 4,300 kilometers from north to south. It is wedged between the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Andes Mountains to the east, the Atacama Desert to the north, the Patagonian plains and glaciers to the south. These natural barriers prevented phylloxera from entering the country. Although the country is only 160 kilometers wide, it has ideal conditions for growing warm, intermediate and cool grape varieties, so much so that it is often described as a paradise for growing grapes. With nearly 300 properties producing bottled wines, Chile fluctuates between 6th and 8th place in the world.