Winemaker Notes
The wine has a delicate yellow color with golden glints. The nose is seductive with aromas of lime, pineapple, green banana and white peach, combined with aromas of dried fruits coming from the barrels that contribute to the complexity. On the palate, the wine is vibrant and concentrated with a nice creamy mouthfeel leading to an elegant finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Fresh and slightly creamy nose with some lemons, star fruit and stones. Just a hint of brioche. Fresh and round on the palate with a smooth, pastry-like mouthfeel. 12% foudre and 18% new and second-use oak barrels. From organically grown grapes.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Cromas Carmenere leads with a lavish, blue- and red-fruited bouquet of dried spices and sweet tobacco aromas. The palate displays a touch of the seductive richness that permeates the Los Vascos wines, albeit with a uniquely bright, mineral-driven core that adds considerable energy to the finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
This lively wine was made with Chardonnay grapes from vineyards near the Pacific coast in Colchagua Valley. Light notes of apricot, apple and pear provide subtle, sweet aromas in the nose. It's crisp and shows a fair amount of citrus and tropical fruit, alongside dried herbs on the palate.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
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.