Winemaker Notes
The wine shows a fresh and fruity profile, with intense aromas of red fruits and soft herbal notes that allow to recognize the variety. It has a good volume on the palate, with round and sweet tannins that are well balanced with a broad mouth feeling at the beginning and a long and persistent ending.
Best paired with all sorts of meats and spicy dishes.
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
A minty bombshell initially that eases into an attractive, intense mix of herbs, sage and spice with charred meat, kirsch, and a finish of mocha. An extrovert wine that will appeal to many.
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.