Polkura Syrah Secano 

POLKURA is a wine growing project, started in 2002 by the Muñoz and Bruchfeld families, with the purpose of making an exceptional wine, based on the exciting Syrah grape variety. Marchigüe, at the western end of the Colchagua Valley in Chile was chosen as the ideal site, for it has shown enormous potential to produce this varietal.

 

POLKURA is the name of a little hill, located inside the vineyard. On its slopes grow the grapes that make this wine. POLKURA means “Yellow stone” in the native Chilean Mapuche language, referring to large amounts of yellow granite spread along the clay soils of the area. Decomposed granite imparts the wine with minerality and elegance, whereas clay gives it body and structure. The moderate coastal climate adds spice and fruitiness, resulting in a fine, yet complex and full-bodied wine with very good balance. 

 

There are two reasons to produce a wine without irrigation. On the one hand, it is a technique that allows the absolute expression of the terroir in the wine. By not irrigating, the intervention is minimal. Each year you produce with just the amount of water that nature provides. On the other hand, with the constantly dwindling supply of rainwater year by year, it is necessary to learn how to survive without having to irrigate.