Gillmore Vermentino del Maule 2021
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The Vermentino is a bright color with an alluring nose of grapefruit, lemon peel and green apple, and mineral notes of stone and chalk. On the palate it is fresh and vibrant.
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James Suckling
This has aromas of chopped pears, spiced apples, honeysuckle, cloves, cedar and smoked almonds. It’s full-bodied with a caressing, oily texture, balanced by vibrant acidity. Deliciously spicy and flavorful with excellent length.
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The 2021 Vermentino DelMaule hails from Loncomilla, Maule, and spent a year in French barrels. Green in color, this is a continental white with a concentrated nose of oak, green apple and hint of hazelnut. It offers good heft and heightened freshness, and the flavors are profound, emphasized by the oaky finish.
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Wine Spectator
Presents engaging aromas of toasted almond, hyacinth and spiced pear that lead to a round palate of baked apple, with notes of preserved lemon and mineral acidity lending tension midpalate. Fresh and clean finish, with a lingering chalky note.
Vina Gillmore began with a dream. In the late 1980s, Chilean visionary Francisco Gillmore took over operation of the century old Tabontinaja winery and its ancient dry-farmed vineyards planted to the rustic País variety. He took advantage of their healthy, hearty roots and grafted them with fine French varieties.
From the beginning his wines were imbued with the spirit of this unique dry-farmed condition of restriction and resistance in which their rustic personality was expressed with vibrant acidity and tremendous character. The project also includes his daughter, Daniella Gillmore, whose love of the country life guides her in overseeing the vineyards and the collection of native fauna on the farm. Her husband, winemaker Andrés Sánchez, is the talented artisan behind their wines Hacedor de Mundos, Vigno, Mariposa and Cobre, wines crafted to interpret the soul of the sector and its people. Their two children, Martín and Dominga now represent the third generation of the family to stretch their roots deep into the heart of this special zone of Maule.
Vina Gillmore is among the founding members of MOVI (Independent Vintner’s Movement), and Andrés was the driving force behind the recently formed Carignan Club (Vigno).
A fantastic, aromatic white grape that grows with great success in Sardinia, Tuscany and in lesser proportions on the island of Corsica. Somm Secret—Vermentino is thought to be genetically identical to Liguria’s Pigato grape and Peidmont’s Favorita. It comprises a large proportion of the whites in southern France where it is called Rolle.
Maule is the Central Valley’s most southern and coolest zone, reaching a southern latitude of 35°S, yet it is still warmer and drier than Bío-Bío to its south. The Maule Valley enjoys success with a unique set of grapes.
It lays claim to the local variety, Pais (synonymous with Tinta Pais, which is actually Tempranillo), which has dominated much of the region’s area under vine until the recent past. Now many growers, not confined by the tradition and regulations of the Old World, also successfully grow Cabernet Sauvignon.
While Maule’s total area under vine remains relatively static, its old Carignan vineyards are undergoing a great revival. The VIGNO (Vignadores del Carignan Vintners) group, an association in charge of promoting this long-forgotten variety, is getting fantastic results from the old vines in its dry-farmed coastal zones.
The Maule includes the subregions of Talca, San Clemente, San Javier, Parral, Linares and Cauquenes.