MELI Dueno de la Luna Carignane 2012
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James
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Robert
Parker
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James Suckling
A dense and fruity wine with silky, very fine tannins and lemon rind. Full body, juicy fruit and wonderful depth and intensity. Pure carignan. Best fruit from the vineyard. One of the best carignans I have ever tasted. Viña del Peumal.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2012 Carignan Dueno de la Luna seems to be the top-end Carinena here, a wine sourced from Loncomilla in the Maule Valley with 50% of the wine maturing in oak barrels for 20 months. It has a very Mediterranean nose with aromas of esparto grass and other aromatic herbs, and that lovely rusticity that usually takes the shape of tree bark, developing very fresh and showy notes of violets. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins, clean, defined flavors and a very fresh finish. This is one of the more voluptuous Cariñena, more accessible.
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Robert
Parker
Meli is the dream of celebrated winemaker Adriana Cerda. Adriana had already been a respected winemaker for 30 years when she decided it was time to make her own wine.
In 2005, she and her three adult sons bought a property with 60-year-old Carignane and Riesling vines in the Maule Valley. Using dry farming, Meli produces two unique wines — both unusual for Chile. These varieties, Riesling and Carignane, are well-suited to the cooler Maule Valley, where the growing season is long, with cool nights and warm days.
Eduardo is responsible for the general management of Meli wines and he is a member of a guild of Chilean winemakers called MOVI (Movement of Independent Vintners). And as a founding member of the Carignan Club, a group dedicated to protecting the quality of Carignan wines, as well as consultant for a number of small wineries, he has partnered with Ana Maria Barahona, one of Chile’s leading journalists, to develop a women’s wine guide called Guía Mujer y Vino (Women and Wine Guide).