Winemaker Notes
CA2 offers refreshing elegance, soft textures, and intense dark fruit and spice flavors. This vibrant wine shows the perfect expression of Carmenere’s varietal character from Chile’s Costa zone.
CA2 is made with grapes from TerraNoble’s vineyard in Marchigue, Colchagua Valley. The area’s temperate Mediterranean climate benefits from the coast’s constant, refreshing breezes.
Serve CA2 with empanadas, Spaghetti alla Puttanesca, or dark chocolate.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2021 Carménère Costa CA2 originates from Lolol in Colchagua Costa and was aged for 16 months in foudres and barrels. This ripe red wine exhibits a core of ash and blackberry marmalade complemented by pristine herb notes. Rich, bold and muscular on the palate, it lingers with black fruit flavors and a fairly clingy mouthfeel, resulting in a concentrated and grippy Carménère.
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James Suckling
Lots of blackcurrants and blackberries with walnuts, crushed herbs and some dusty mineral notes. Medium- to full-bodied, plush and generous with velvety tannins and a creamy finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
Winemaker Marcelo Garcia aims to show the different expressions of Carménère from the Andes and the coastal regions. This wine is sourced from vineyards 24 miles from the Pacific Ocean. A lovely combination of red and black fruit aromas creates an attractive bouquet. The fresh palate offers sweet baking spices, cherries and hints of dried herbs. Toasted oak flavors lengthen the finish.
Dark, full-bodied and herbaceous with a spicy kick, Carménère found great success with its move to Chile in the mid-19th century. However, the variety went a bit undercover until 1994 when many plantings previously thought to be Merlot, were profiled as Carménère. Somm Secret— Carménère is both a progeny and a great-grandchild of the similarly flavored Cabernet Franc.
Well-regarded for intense and exceptionally high quality red wines, the Colchagua Valley is situated in the southern part of Chile’s Rapel Valley, with many of the best vineyards lying in the foothills of the Coastal Range.
Heavy French investment and cutting-edge technology in both the vineyard and the winery has been a boon to the local viticultural industry, which already laid claim to ancient vines and a textbook Mediterranean climate.
The warm, dry growing season in the Colchagua Valley favors robust reds made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Malbec and Syrah—in fact, some of Chile’s very best are made here. A small amount of good white wine is produced from Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.