Vina Carmen Apalta Gran Reserva Carmenère

Red Wine, 750 mL

Country : Chile
Producer :Vina Carmen SA
Website :www.carmen.com
Alcohol : 14 %
Designation of origin : Valle del Colchagua
Grape variety(ies) :Carmenere 100%
Style : Full-bodied & Smooth
Color :Red
Classification : Gran reserva
Container : Coloured Glass Container
Closure : Cork
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Tasting note

This classic Chilean red wine is savoury, dark and complex with a chewy, full-bodied mid-palate. Layers of black fruit with a long finish. The Carmenere grapes are sourced from the El Peñasco Vineyard. Superbly crafted for this price. Great structure and persistence of flavours on the finish. Terrific value. The 2012 vintage of the Carmen Gran Reserva is made from 100% Carmenère grapes, and the wine is matured in French oak for 10 months. Finishes with dark spices and vanilla smoke. Pair with roast beef. Pair with: lamb, pasta, venison, char-grilled burgers, tamarind-marinated steaks. Drink: 2013-2018. Score - 92. (Natalie MacLean, nataliemaclean.com, Aug. 2014)
LCBO
An unfiltered wine with intense wild black cherry fruit aromas followed by notes of laurel, clove, mint, pepper, dark chocolate and black olive. Jammy and dark ripe fruit with peppery and sweet oak flavours.
Sask Liquor
A red wine with an intense, violet-ruby colour. The bouquet is fruity with strong plum, cherry, and mulberry notes. The aroma also has a vegetable edge of ripe red pepper, and the flavour is complex, with jams, spinach, and chocolate. Barrel aging lends this wine pleasant smoky and toast notes, bringing out its spices; texture is soft, with rounded tannins and medium body.
Liquor Marts
From the Alto Maipo region. The bouquet is fruity with plum, cherry, and mulberry notes, with aromas of a vegetable edge of ripe red pepper, with complex flavours of jam, spinach and chocolate. Barrel aging lends to pleasant smoky and toast notes, bringing out its spices; texture is soft, with rounded tannins and medium body. The perfect wine to enjoy with full-flavoured red meats such as lamb, ribs and beef with spicy sauces.
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