Winemaker Notes
Enjoy with deer, lamb with spicy sauces and blue cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
An amazing Carmenere that took two days for me to realize how incredible it was! The wine keep getting better and better as it aerated. The exotic and super-rich 2008 Concha y Toro Carmin de Peumo Carmenere dances onto the palate in a way that few ultra-rich wines can; shows blueberries and raspberries on the palate; the wine's silkiness is just amazing. One of the best wines I have tasted in the last six months. (Tasted: June 1, 2015, San Francisco, CA)
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
As deeply colored as the 2007 with a similar density and richness. It too will evolve for 5-6 years and will offer prime drinking from 2017 to 2028. This wine is a benchmark for what can be achieved with the Carmenere grape.
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Wine Spectator
The 2008 Terrunyo Carmin de Peumo Carmenere contains 7.5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2.5% Cabernet Franc in its blend while receiving the same elevage as the 2007 cuvee. As deeply colored as the 2007 with a similar density and richness ... It too will evolve for 5-6 years and will offer prime drinking from 2017 to 2028. Both wines are benchmarks for what can be achieved with the Carmenere grape.
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Wine & Spirits
Profound in its depth of flavor, ranging from herbs and tart cherries to figs, this is a huge and concentrated carmenère. Still a baby, this needs three years or more in bottle to begin to evolve and show its layers of complexity. Ignacio Recabarren selects this wine from one block (parcel 32) planted in the 1980s on a rocky terrace of the Cachapoal River.
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Wine Enthusiast
Price aside, this is a fine, ready to drink, full-bodied Carmenère with earth, cola, tree bark, cherry and cassis aromas. It's full and a touch soft in the mouth, with easy tannins and bold flavors of blackberry, herbs, bitter chocolate and leather. On the finish, it's peppery tasting and mildly herbal. Drink now through 2016.
Founded in 1883, Vina Concha y Toro is Latin America's leading producer and occupies an outstanding position among the world’s most important wine companies, currently exporting to 135 countries worldwide. Uniquely, it owns around 9,500 hectares of prime vineyards, which allows the company to secure the highest quality grapes for its wine production. Concha y Toro's portfolio includes a wide range of successful brands at every price point, from the top of the range Don Melchor and Almaviva to the flagship brand Casillero del Diablo and innovative stand-alone brands such as Palo Alto and Maycas del Limarí. The company has 3,162 employees and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.
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.
With an outstanding reputation for its bold reds, especially Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Carmenere, the Cachapoal Valley spreads through the northern part of Chile’s Rapel Valley, with a continuous backdrop of the majestic Andes to its east. This region reaches as far north as the southern outskirts of the city of Santiago where it meets the famous region of the Maipo. The Cachapoal Valley produces no shortage of plum and berry dominated full-bodied reds with aromas and flavors reminiscent of mint, cocoa, spice or smoked meat.