Kaiken Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 75 cl.

The wine is made from 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Malbec from Kaiken’s vineyards in Agrelo (950 m.a.s.l.), where most of the vines are over 50 years old. The harvest takes place manually in 15 kilo boxes, to avoid oxidation of the grapes during transport to the winery. The wine cold macerates for 7 days at 10 degrees and the alcoholic fermentation takes place for 10-12 days at 25-28 degrees, followed by the malolactic fermentation. 40% of the wine is aged for 6 months in French barrels and the rest in steel tanks. It is clarified and filtered very easily before bottling.

The wine has an intense ruby red colour. The aroma and taste are characterized by ripe, red fruits such as plums with a hint of vanilla from barrel aging. It is a soft, elegant wine, where the finely integrated acidity and the round and elegant tannins give a nice and long finish.

Serve the wine at 15-17 degrees with, for example, red meat, stews and lamb, but it is also good with food from the grill and with creamy cheeses.

In 2001, Aurelio Montes, who had put Chile on the vinous world map in terms of quality wine, took the trip across the Andes and founded the winery “Kaiken” in Mendoza, Argentina. The ambition was to combine the tireless focus on quality that had taken the Montes wines in Chile into a class of their own, with the unique terroir of Argentina, thus uniting the best of both countries. The name “Kaiken” was chosen as it is also the name of a local wild goose, which symbolically (also) makes a cross-border and challenging “journey” across the Andes between the two countries.

Winemaker Aurelio Montes has always believed that 80% of a good wine is based on the nature of the vineyards and the work that is carried out in them, whereas only 20% can be attributed to the work in the cellar, and at Kaiken this has meant that one has begun a process where biodynamics and sustainability play a far greater role.

“Working with the biodynamic principles in the field makes you more human. You can be 100% organic and still function like a computer” – Aurelio Montes.