Cuvee Colchagua Sauvignon Blanc Reserva
⏳ Drinking Window
Best enjoyed young and vibrant, typically within 1–3 years of the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh ceviche, goat cheese salad, grilled white fish
✨ Technical Specifications
The Cuvée Colchagua Sauvignon Blanc Reserva from Casa Silva highlights the cooler, coastal-influenced zones of Chile's famous Colchagua Valley. While the region is historically renowned for its bold reds, the pioneering spirit of the Silva family led them to explore the valley's diverse microclimates, discovering pockets where the cold Humboldt Current from the Pacific Ocean tempers the warm Chilean sun. This wine is crafted to express this vibrant tension, utilizing cold fermentation in stainless steel to preserve the grape's natural, zesty character. It offers a lively bouquet of citrus, green apple, and herbal notes, grounded by a crisp, refreshing minerality that reflects the valley's unique alluvial soils.
🍾 About the Producer
With winemaking roots dating back to 1892 in the Colchagua Valley, Viña Casa Silva is one of Chile's most historic and distinguished family-owned wine estates, formally bottled under the family label by Mario Silva and his sons in 1997. Based at their ancestral estate in Angostura near San Fernando, the winery has emerged as a leader in Chilean viticultural innovation, spearheading landmark terroir research and pioneering extreme vineyards ranging from the cool coastal hills of Paredones to the glacial soils of Lago Ranco in Chilean Patagonia. Committed to sustainability, precision farming, and authentic varietal character, the estate produces an exceptional spectrum of expressive red, white, rosé, and sparkling wines. Casa Silva is universally acclaimed for defining modern Carmenère through benchmark bottlings like Microterroir, its flagship blend Altura, and crystalline cool-climate Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5% - 13.5%