Cru Truquilemu Carinena Field-blend, Garage Wine Co, Maule Valley, Chile 2018
Chile
Tasting Notes
Floral and elegant nose with crisp aromas of red cherry and blue fruit underpinned by minerality and graphite. The palate shows great freshness with a thread of fine acidity with spice. Sappy and concentrated yet lithe and sultry, with energetic black raspberry and floral pastille flavours on the mid-palette and a bracing suggestion of blood orange that adds bite tothe back half.
Wine Profile
Wine Type Red Wine
Vintage 2018
Style Full & Rich Reds
Country Chile
Grower Name Garage Wine Co.
Grape Variety Carignan
ABV 13.00%
Closure Natural Cork
Bottle Size 75cl
Allergens Sulphites
SKU GARCRUCAR(X6)18
Grower
Garage Wine Co.
Located in the Chilean Mountains, close to the Pacific are a number of vineyards belonging to husband and wife team, Derek and Pilar. The Garage wine company started in the early 2000's when the pair begun casually making wines for their family and friends. After half a dozen vintages, Garage Wine Co. has a global cult following, recognised worldwide as some of the most… Read More
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Carignan
Carignan is a late-ripening, black grape variety mainly cultivated in southern France and appearing equally frequently as a 100% varietal and blended wine. It also plays a major part in the Priorat wines of Spain, known locally as Carinena, where some of the finest Carignan dominated wines are to be found. Usually cultivated using the bush vine method, it produces dark, rich… Read More
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