Casas del Bosque Private Reserve La Trampa

Juan Cúneo Solari founded Casas del Bosque in 1993, at a time when the Chilean wine industry was pursuing quantity over quality. His commitment to quality is evident in the Gran Reserva Cabernet, a wine which is a great exponent of this characteristic variety of Chile that finds one of its most typical expressions in the Maipo Valley.

The origin of “La Trampa” dates back to the early 2000’s, when the dream of the “Great Chilean Cool – Climate Red” began to take shape through an innovative proposal of planting low-yielding Syrah on granitic soils at the top of the hills. Later, advances in topography and knowledge of the vineyards led the team to plant Malbec in the same soils and in another part of the hill facing east, where the best Pinot Noir were already cultivated.

Over the years, experience showed that complementing our Syrah with Malbec and, later, Pinot Noir would give rise to this great wine, achieving a deep finesse and elegance like no other blend from a cold climate.

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VARIETALS
65% Syrah, 30% Malbec, 5% Pinot Noir

VINTAGE
2022

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Description

TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol 14.5%
Residual sugar 1.87 g/l
Total acidity 6.8 g/l

APPEARANCE
Intense violet color with slight blue hues.

NOSE
The aromatic notes are well integrated and form an intense and elegant bouquet.

PALATE
This version of La Trampa is marked by an increasing role of Malbec in the blend and gives a perfumed wine with silky tannins, while the Pinot Noir balances the intensity of the Syrah and Malbec with its lightness.

AGEING
Ageing for 18 months in a mix of first-use, second-use and third-use French oak barrels. 25% of the blend was stored for 18 months in truncated cone-shaped concrete tanks.

PAIRING
Idealy serve d with lamb chops, spicy pork meat or black pudding. Very good with nutty and sharp cheeses like goat’s cheese, but also brie or even smoked blue cheese.

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