International Boutique Wines

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The Estampa vineyards are located in the heart of the Colchagua Valley, just a few meters from the renowned Colchagua wine train. Each plot of land has been planted with vines especially chosen for the Colchagua terroir and trained to a vertical shoot positioned trellis.
Estampa has 300 hectares of vineyard divided among three areas, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carménère and Syrah. These grapes serve as the base for the assemblages. The vineyards also include blocks of Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Petit Syrah and Viognier to increase the character and complexity of the wines.

THE ART OF ASSEMBLAGE.
“The Art of Estampa”

Estampa has centered its winemaking philosophy on the fusion of fine grape varieties, based on continual innovation and a desire to perfect the art of assemblage. The winery’s mission is to produce new flavors and aromas with perfect balance and unrepeatable complexity that will captivate and surprise wine lovers.

Enjoy the sophistication of our Gold Assemblage, Estampa’s most exclusive wine, aged for twelve months in the highest-quality French and American oak barrels to enhance the wine’s elegance and contribute new, subtle flavours that complement the fruit. The wine has a beautiful, deep ruby red colour, with violet hues & richly concentrated fruit A wine of character and distinction.

These are noble wines of character and finesse whose tannins and fruit concentration mean that they will improve in quality with a few years of bottle aging. The further aging of the wines gives them greater personality and strength, as well as unique complexity and balance. Although these wines can be laid down for the next ten years, they are also good to drink now.

GOLD ASSEMBLAGE
Syrah/Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot 2003

Deep, concentrated garnet red with aromas of black fruits and blackberry jam aromas, with spicy notes and leafy character. The vanilla and toast contributed through the barrel aging are well integrated. The palate has good structure and a mouth filling body, with dense, round tannins. The long finish features caramel notes and black forest fruits.

GOLD ASSEMBLAGE
Carmenere/Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc/ Petit Verdot

Deep ruby colour with beautiful violet hues. The ripe red fruit aromas are complemented by liquorice and smoky notes, plus hints of herbs and coffee. On the palate, the wine has excellent ripeness and concentration, with sweet berry fruit such as raspberry, and spicy notes, as well as touches of wood and toast from the aging in French oak barrels. A wine of great balance and structure, with good acidity, integrated tannins and a long finish.

ESTAMPA RESERVE

The Reserve line offers unmistakable wines with complex structure and good fruit concentration, highlighting the best characteristics of each of the three varieties that make up the blend, thus achieving exceptionally elegant wines with a clear personality. The wines are aged in oak barrels for five months. The result is a harmonious blend of fruit and toasted oak, which combine to create new flavours and interesting textures in the wine.

These unmistakable wines display complex structure and good fruit concentration. The grapes used to create them have good ripeness and finely woven, dense, but sweet tannins, which blend harmoniously with the toasted notes of the oak. Ready to drink now, or can be laid down for the next three years.

RESERVE
Sauvignon Blanc/Chardonnay/Viognier 2005

With its black-olive aromas touched up by spice and subtle dark fruits, this wine performs at a level beyond its price range. The palate features cola, black cherry and plum, while the finish offers cleansing acids and savory tannins. What a nice, affordable red for a meal off the grill.

‘88 Points’ Wine Enthusiast Best Buy

RESERVE
Carmenere/Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc 2004

Deep red with violet hues. Intense aromas of red forest fruits, spices and tobacco. Light herbaceous notes create a complex wine that is fruity in the mouth, with ripe, fresh red fruits, chocolate, and spicy accents. The soft, developed tannins create good intensity and length in the mouth.

RESERVE
Cabernet Sauvignon/Carmenere/Petit Verdot 2004

Intense garnet red. Ripe red fruits and plum, with complex notes of herbs and coffee. Great personality and concentration on the palate, with ripe fruit and spice. The powerful Cabernet Sauvignon contributes character and a harmonious structure, while the Carmenere and Petit Verdot bring notes of dried flowers and herbs.

'89 Points’ Wine Enthusiast

ESTAMPA ESTATE

Our Estate Blends combine two wine varieties to accentuate the best characteristics of each, creating modern wines of a truly surprising quality. Our winemakers achieve wines with distinctive aromas, flavours and colour, while maintaining consistency in the character and quality of the Estate Blend line. The Assemblage method is used to highlight the fruitiness, freshness, and natural character of the grape.

Our estate blends highlight the freshness and fruitiness of the grape. They are easy-drinking, young wines with velvety tannins. Ready to drink now.

ESTATE
Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot 2004

Deep, clear purplish red. Ripe black fruits, over a smoky, vanilla and chocolate base. Good flavour and concentration. Notes of vanilla and blonde tobacco, with ripe, gentle tannins.

Silver Medal Concours Mondial Bruxelles 2004

ESTATE
Viognier/Chardonnay 2005

Soft green notes over delicate golden hues. Citrus fruits, with floral notes in the background and a soft touch of honey. Good depth of fruit combined with a creamy texture and fresh acidity.

…One that happened over a century ago, in Santiago, Chile, when a traveling salesman near the central plaza was offering various religious Estampas pocket-size religious images to passers-by. Suddenly, he saw the Lady of Carmen Estampa take-off by itself and miraculously start flying over his head. After more than half an hour of rambling flight much to the growing crowd’s dismay the Estampa traveled from one side of the plaza to the other, then crossed the Mapocho River until it gracefully landed on the feet of a woman teaching catechism to her children.

To celebrate this extraordinary event, a catholic church was built in 1794 in the same place where the Estampa landed and was named the church of Our Lady of Carmen of the Flying Estampa.

Don Manuel González Dieguez, Spanish immigrant and grandfather of the current González family, bought a wheat mill located next to the newly founded church and named it Molino Estampa after the flying Estampa miracle. Today over a century old, the original grain mill is still in operation, but the latest generation of Don Manuel’s descendants, the González-Ortiz family, has put a modern twist on the family business. Nowadays, the family has applied its milling experience in a new technical grains company with a list of international clientele.

The González-Ortiz family has continued the legacy of their great grandfather with a new interest, again with a technical twist. The family built the first winery in Chile dedicated to Assemblage wines and they named it Estampa to keep the tradition within the family, and to honor both the miracle of the flying Estampa and the vision of the company’s founder, Don Manuel González Dieguez.

These visionaries provided Estampa with modern viticulture and infrastructure, together with the technological platform to guarantee the production of New World wines of international quality marked by the distinctive Estampa style. This style is already receiving global recognition, both in prestigious wine competitions and from the specialized wine press.