Vistamar Late Harvest Moscatel – Vistamar Late Harvest Moscatel from Chile has a fragrant intense aroma of apricots and peaches with floral overtones with a fresh luscious honeyed flavour full of grapes and dried fruits. Full tasting note and wine making – Vistamar Late Harvest Moscatel from the Limari Valley in northern Chile which is an area noted for its sunny fresh climate that produces very aromatic wines on the palate it is a wine of intense luscious honeyed ripe figgy fruit notes that goes on and on. It is also very well balanced by the natural acidity from the Moscatel grapes despite their being late harvested. The Producer – The Vistamar Late Harvest Moscatel is made from grapes grown in the Limari Valley in northern Chile is made by Vistamar, a well-established producer based in the Rapel Valley 122 km south of Santiago. Their mission is to make quality wines that are expressions of the region and the grape variety. It is a highly technical operation but retains the ability to produce individual stylish wines that require much attention in oak barrels during fermentation and aging as well as high volume production in stainless steel tanks. Irena Paiva, the buying director, states that in developing their wines, the most important thing is to show the essence of Chile. To understand each valley with the characteristics of its climate and soils, which is part of the terroir of each variety. Drink with – The very ripe late picked grapes with their honeyed notes make this a great wine to accompany many desserts such as gateaux, summer puddings and roulades.
