Carmenere Grande Reserve

Presentation

Three years of work and an important implication of our technical team have been required in order to give birth to the Los Vascos Carmenère.
Special attention was paid to the Carménère variety, almost disappeared from its native France but now a flagship grape in Chile. The main objective was to pick the grapes at perfect ripeness, by controlling irrigation and yields and through a selective harvest. The resulting wine charms with its ripe fruit and spicy aromas, some of which are evocative of Chilean cuisine.

The vintage

This year was particularly normal in terms of conditions. A rainy winter was followed by a spring that brought warm days, with average temperatures of 33ºC, and cold nights. The summer months proved ideal for this grape variety, with very high temperatures of up to 39°C which, combined with good canopy and water stress management, helped the grapes to develop the harmonious, elegant tannins for which the variety is renowned.
Carmenère is one of the last varieties to be picked. The harvest started on April 29, with the young vines planted on hillsides, and finished with the older vines on May 12.

Winemaking

The grapes were handpicked and carefully sorted at the winery. Fermentation took place in stainless steel vats under controlled temperature conditions, with pumping over to extract the distinctive aroma, color and flavor components of this variety.
12 months in French oak barrels (20% new, 30% second use, and 50% in vats)
Alcohol Content: 14% vol.
Bottling date: October 2017

Tasting

This bright ruby-colored Carménère has an intense, rich, fruit-scented nose of cherries, redcurrants, and plums with hints of black and pink pepper, red bell pepper, green olives and cinnamon. The palate offers generous notes of cocoa and cherry liqueur, accompanied by copious, lingering tannins. A remarkably fine expression of the Carménère grape.

Alcohol content

Grapes

Carménère : 100 %

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