Loma Larga Vineyards 羅馬莊園

【Loma Larga – Pioneer of Casablanca】

Loma Larga's great-grandfather Don Manuel Joaquín Díaz Escudero Alvarez de Toledo personally led the team to participate in the Paris and Bordeaux Adventure journey. Consulting with French winemakers, he planted these vines on his farm, "Chakra Victoria", located in the area east of present-day Santa Rosa Street in the city of Santiago. With the dream of preserving this wine-growing tradition, it leads its ancestors to produce high-quality wines. So much so that the Diaz Santelices family was one of the first Chilean winegrowers to promote Chilean wines to international recognition.

In 1889, Don Manuel went to Paris to display wine at the famous World's Fair. In order to continue the winemaking history and winemaking techniques of their ancestors, the current generation established the Loma Larga vineyard in Casablanca, an unexplored wine producing area. Beginning in 1995, Patricio Diaz, his wife Rosita Santelices and their son Felipe spent five years carefully analyzing the climate and soil of the estate. Each vine is carefully tended and a fairly detailed map of the vineyard is drawn.

【Casablanca. The elegant side of Chile]

The wine is 100% from Casablanca, which is a cooler place in Chile. The Loma Larga winery has a limited area, and the owner hopes that every bunch of grapes will be of high quality. For this purpose, the best grapes are harvested by hand, producing an average of up to 6 tons of wine per hectare, thus keeping the grapes rich and ripe in a cold region like Casablanca. The slow ripening of the grapes is due to changes in extreme temperatures during the day and night, a phenomenon caused in the valley by cold winds from the Pacific Ocean. This characteristic, in addition to the poor soils of the mountains, the Maspalomas and Cerro foothills, provides the wine with a unique terroir!

【理念】

羅馬莊園的理念是生產忠實地表達風土的葡萄酒，承諾反映這個地方在卡薩布蘭卡提供的特點，20多年來一直在進行研究和測試，所以能夠從絕大多數智利葡萄酒中脫穎而出。 5年來，研究了Loma Larga莊園一共711公頃的溫度和土壤。從1999年開始，種植了148公頃種植白色品種的葡萄園，其中一些不是卡薩布蘭卡山谷的傳統葡萄園，如Cabernet Sauvignon、Malbec和Syrah。

自從第一次採收以來，這種前衛的想法就已經獲得了成功。對於大衆來說，Loma Larga的葡萄酒具有不同尋常的特徵，特別是它的新鮮度和極大的芳香潛力。令酒莊被認為是智利寒冷氣候的主要紅酒據點！

【Philosophy】

Roma Estate's philosophy is to produce wines that faithfully express the terroir, with a commitment to reflecting the character of what this place has to offer in Casablanca, and have been conducting research and testing for over 20 years, allowing it to stand out from the vast majority of Chilean wines. For five years, the temperature and soil of a total of 711 hectares of the Loma Larga estate were studied. Starting in 1999, 148 hectares of vineyards were planted with white varieties, some of which are not traditional vineyards of the Casablanca Valley, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Syrah.

This avant-garde idea has been a success since the first harvest. For the general public, the wines of Loma Larga have unusual characteristics, notably their freshness and great aromatic potential. The winery is considered a major red wine stronghold in Chile’s cold climate!

Loma Larga Quinteto 2021

The wine is made from up to 5 types of grapes, which is quite rare in Casablanca. It is one of the most distinctive wines in the entire Loma winery. The grape varieties used have their own characteristics, bringing different levels to the wine.

Cabernet Franc: delicate taste, natural fruity sweetness

Syrah: Black pepper, smokey finish

Merlot: The fruity flavor of red berries balances the acidity

Malbec: Brings out the aroma of D-cloth, and the fruity flavor blends well with the woody flavor.

Pinot Noir: The floral scent of orchids