Veramonte Merlot

Aged for 9 months in French and American oak barrels. This combination of barrels allows the winery to control the aromas and avoid excessive oakiness and thereby delivers a well-balanced wine that preserves its natural fruit character of juicy plum, black cherry and of course, silky, easy going tannins on the mocha, yet savoury finish.

Veramonte produces distinctive wines that are expressions of their origins. The winery is located in Casablanca, and the original vineyards were situated in a valley in Casablanca that when planted in the late 1990s was unknown to the wine industry. Veramonte was the first to invest seriously in the area and the project expanded later into other valleys with vineyards in the renowned winemaking regions of Casablanca and Colchagua. Veramonte follows organic practices throughout their estate, with a number of the wines now being officially certified ‘Made with Organic Grapes’. These practices ensure optimum conditions for vine growth and that the vineyards are sustainable. We follow organic and sustainable practices because we believe it is the only way to have healthy and expressive vineyards that transcend time and deliver pure fruit and wines that reflect the living soils from which they come...