MELI Carignan 2012

Carignan
  • 92 Wine &
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  • 90 James
    Suckling
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Product Details


Varietal

Producer

Vintage
2012

Size
750ML

ABV
14%

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Winemaker Notes

The 2012 MELI Carignane displays intense violet red color with notes of tobacco, macerated cherries and strawberries, slight hints of chocolate on the nose. The wine is full of fruit with rich acidity. Flavors of tart cherry and currant jelly fill the mouthall all the way to the finish.

Professional Ratings

  • 92
    There are very few carignans like this in Chile. Made from old vines planted in the 1960s, this takes a light, fresh approach, focused on fruit rather than pushing for superconcentration. With its pure, juicy ripe cherry flavor, it could bolster a plate of grilled sausages or develop for a few years in the cellar.
  • 90
    A spicy and balanced red with blueberries, blackberries and hints of slate. Full to medium body, fresh acidity and a clean finish. A stylish red.

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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).

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