Estate: Requingua
Sub-region: Curico Valley
Varieties: Sauvignon Blanc
Soil: Loam/clay
Alcohol: 13%
Total acidity: 5,5 g/L
Residual sugar: 2 g/L
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Age of vines: 22 years
Vine management system:Canopy
Density: 1660plants/hectare (670 plants/acre)
Yield: 18 tons/ hectare (7 metric tons/ acre)
Harvest method: Hand picking, with double selection in vineyard, in the last week of February.
Warm temperate climate with a Mediterranean rainfall regime and a wine fluctuation between daytime and nighttime temperatures, resulting fiom the proximity of the Pacific Ocean (80 kilometers, or 50 miles) and the Andes mountains (50 kilometers, or 37 miles). Requingua receives coastal breezes during the afternoon that help keep summer temperatures moderate. Annual precipitation averages about 600 millimeters, or 23.6 inches,
concentrated in the winter months.