FOUNDER’S COLLECTION
Founder’s Collection honours Francisco Undurraga and his family, who founded Viña Undurraga more than 135 years ago. Viña Undurraga’s entire legacy of quality, tradition, consistency and excellence is captured in a single bottle. The winery’s classic viticulture and winemaking preserve the style and signature of this wine, which has been made for over 40 years. Grown on small, specially selected plots, only the best clusters of grapes are chosen for this wine.
Enologist:
Rafael Urrejola
An enologist from the Catholic University of Chile, the head winemaker at Viña Undurraga is the leader of the entire winemaking operation at the winery, responsible for ensuring quality and providing guidance for all the wines produced by Undurraga.
ORIGIN
Santa Ana Estate, Maipo Valley. Forty-year-old vines which yield less than 6,000 kg/ha. The soils are alluvial in origin, medium-textured, loamy to sandy-loam and well drained
TASTING NOTES:
This wine is an intense, bright cherry colour. The nose is dominated by black fruit aromas like blackberries and red fruit such as cherries and raspberries, enveloped in toasty notes of tobacco and subtle hints of cedar and liquorice. In the mouth it is smooth-textured with plenty of firm, concentrated and well-integrated tannins. This is a wine with style, character and body. The finish is long and the wine has great ageing potential.
Cellaring recommendations: This wine can be stored for at least 8 to 10 years
Service Temperature: 15-18°C
ORIGIN
Colchagua Estate, Colchagua Valley. These are medium-textured sedimentary soils and are loamy to loamy-clay and well-drained.
tasting notes:
This wine is a deep red colour with violet hues. It has great aromatic expression, with upfront aromas of ripe red fruit like cherries, along with hints of spice, black pepper and black olives. The palate is elegant with ripe, well-rounded tannins and hints of dark chocolate and nutmeg. It has good body, a fat, creamy mouthfeel and is persistent in the finish.
Cellaring recommendations: This wine can be stored for at least 8 to 10 years
Service Temperature: 15-18°C