Camino de Chile Carménère

2023

Camino de Chile Carménère

The grapes come from vineyards located in Villa Alegre, 285 km south of Santiago, in Maule Valley. This place has a Mediterranean-like climate, with mild winters and dry summers, with marked range of temperatures between day and night.
This allows the grapes to get ripe tannins, as well as excellent aromas and color concentration. Soils are a combination of sand and volcanic ash and the flat terrain gets and superb sunlight exposition. Yields are carefully controlled to produce concentrated wines, excellent quality and elegance.
Camino del Chile indicates the direction of Bodegas De Aguirre, today known as VDA, Viña de Aguirre, from their origins and their ancestors towards excellence.
Classified as AA Company under the BRC Global Standards Quality Program.

For more info, visit Viña de Aguirre website.

VARIETALS
100% Carménère

VINTAGE
2023

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Casas del Bosque Gran Reserva Carménère

2023

Casas del Bosque Gran Reserva Carménère

Juan Cúneo Solari founded Casas del Bosque in 1993, at a time when the Chilean wine industry was pursuing quantity over quality. His commitment to quality is evident in the Gran Reserva Cabernet, a wine which is a great exponent of this characteristic variety of Chile that finds one of its most typical expressions in the Maipo Valley.

Carménère originates from the Bordeaux region of France. However, Chile is currently the main producer of this grape variety worldwide. The grapes come from alluvial loam soils with good drainage towards the Cachapoal river in Almahue, in the commune of Peumo, which has traditionally been recognized for the quality of its Carménère. The variety was harvested during the first fortnight of April, seeking a balance between the herbaceous compounds typical of the variety and its fruity notes.

For more info, visit Casas del Bosque website.

VARIETALS
100% Carménère

VINTAGE
2023

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Château Clerc Milon Pauillac Grand Cru Classé AOC

2018

Château Clerc Milon Pauillac Grand Cru Classé AOC

Tied to the Seigneuries of Lafite and Mouton (future First Classified Growths belonging to two different branches of the Rothschild family), Château Clerc Milon derives its name from its historic owners, the Clerc family, who acquired it when it was sold as a national asset after the French Revolution.

Today, the third generation, represented by Camille and Philippe Sereys de Rothschild and Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild, perpetuates Baron Philippe de Rothschild’s values ​​and expertise and continues to develop Château Clerc Milon with the same dynamism and desire for modernity. Thanks to over 50 years of continuous work and a dedicated team with cutting-edge technical facilities, Château Clerc Milon is more than ever a benchmark of Médoc excellence.

After a year marked by contrasting climates, 2018 is in line with the estate’s most successful vintages. Despite an unfavorable start to the year, the beautiful, hot, and dry summer allowed for harvested grapes with exceptionally richness in sugars and fine tannins.

For more info, visit Château Clerc Milon website.

VARIETALS
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Carmenère

VINTAGE 
2018

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Château Clerc Milon Pauillac Grand Cru Classé AOC

2020

Château Clerc Milon Pauillac Grand Cru Classé AOC

Tied to the Seigneuries of Lafite and Mouton (future First Classified Growths belonging to two different branches of the Rothschild family), Château Clerc Milon derives its name from its historic owners, the Clerc family, who acquired it when it was sold as a national asset after the French Revolution.

Today, the third generation, represented by Camille and Philippe Sereys de Rothschild and Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild, perpetuates Baron Philippe de Rothschild’s values ​​and expertise and continues to develop Château Clerc Milon with the same dynamism and desire for modernity. Thanks to over 50 years of continuous work and a dedicated team with cutting-edge technical facilities, Château Clerc Milon is more than ever a benchmark of Médoc excellence.

Although yields were less than generous, the quality of the wines suggests that the 2020 vintage will be one of the great successes of the decade.

For more info, visit Château Clerc Milon website.

VARIETALS
53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36,5% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot, 0,5% Carmenère

VINTAGE 
2020

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Château Kirwan Margaux Grand Cru Classé AOC

2019

Château Kirwan Margaux Grand Cru Classé AOC

Château Kirwan is an estate located in Cantenac, not far from the city of Bordeaux and the river Garonne, in a terroir where man and nature have been living together harmoniously for hundreds of years.
The Château, built in 1751, was one of the few Medoc properties that Thomas Jefferson, the future third President of the United States, visited on his Bordeaux wine tasting trip in France and mentioned in his diaries written in 1780. Mark Kirwan passed away in 1815 and over the centuries it passed from hand to hand through several owners, until, during the early years of the twentieth century, it was acquired by a family of “negociant”, the Schyler and Schroder, which moved to Bordeaux in 1738 and still in business today.
With 40 hectares divided into 46 parcels that wind within the territory of the AOC Margaux, it is clear and obvious how the keystone of this Château, over the years, has always been the terroir and its strong identity. Its wines have a characteristic soft, gentle attack, followed by a very Margaux lacework of flavours. Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot provide Kirwan’s main wine with a multi-layered structure that is very big, tempered by the roundness of the Merlot and the delicate elegance of the Cabernet Franc.

The 2019 joins the list of sumptuous vintages ending in the number 9. Throughtout the growing season, the vinse enjoyed smooth, calm conditions. A perfect balance between the amount of foliage and the quantity of grapes was observed in this vintage.

For more info, visit Château Kirwan website.

VARIETALS
59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot, 1% Carménère

VINTAGE
2019

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Lapostolle Apalta

2021

Lapostolle Apalta

Lapostolle Apalta is the new label produced in the Valle de Apalta to emphasize this amazing terroir.
With a refined winemaking approach and mastery of blending, a complex and expressive wine has been created.
Sourced from Lapostolle vineyards in Apalta, this wine shows a beautiful fruity and spicy expression, followed by an elegant and smooth structure.
It could be considered as the third wine of Clos Apalta.

Certified Carbon Neutral.

For more info, visit Lapostolle website.

VARIETALS
54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 10% Carmenère, 7% Cabernet Franc, 6% Syrah

VINTAGE
2021

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Lapostolle Clos Apalta

2018

Lapostolle Clos Apalta

Clos Apalta is born in 1997 as the iconic wine of the Domaines Bournet-Lapostolle in Chile under the idea to magnify the exceptional terroir of Apalta with French expertise. Shaping the vineyard foot by foot, building a state-of-the-art gravity fed winery, the family succeeded in making Clos Apalta one of the most iconic wines in South America.

This year we had a generous production, healthy, of excellent flavor, with relatively moderate alcohol levels and more freshness. It will be remembered as one of the greatest cold vintages of the 21st century in Chile.

“It was a wonderful harvest … 2018 was everything that you could wish for to make wines that are fully ripe but have a lot of elegance and freshness. A treat from Mother Nature”. – Andrea Leon, Chief Winemaker.

Made with Organic Grapes and Biodynamic vineyard management.

   

For more info, visit Clos Apalta website.

VARIETALS
64% Carmenère, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot

VINTAGE
2018

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Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carménère

2021

Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Carménère

As a general winemaking philosophy, Cuvée Alexandre Carménère’s direction is toward elegance, balance and ageing potential. To express the terroir of Apalta is the mission of Casa Lapostolle, using very natural process with minimal intervention.

“It’s been great to have the opportunity to see the grapes of Carménère from La Isla block growing: seeing them each year showing more balance and depth in the wine is a gift from Nature”. – Jacques Begarie, Chief Winemaker.

Made with Organic Grapes and Biodynamic vineyard management.

   

For more info, visit Lapostolle website.

VARIETALS
97% Carmenere, 3% Syrah

VINTAGE
2021

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Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Merlot

2022

Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Merlot

As a general winemaking philosophy, Cuvée Alexandre Merlot’s direction is toward elegance, balance and ageing potential. To express the terroir of Apalta is the mission of Casa Lapostolle, using very natural process with minimal intervention.

“It all started with our Cuvée Alexandre Merlot back in 1994: a wine that had showed its consistency for more than a decade.” – Jacques Begarie, Chief Winemaker.

Made with Organic Grapes and Biodynamic vineyard management.

   

For more info, visit Casa Lapostolle website.

VARIETALS
85% Merlot, 15% Carmenère

VINTAGE
2022

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Lapostolle Grand Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

2021

Lapostolle Grand Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

The Marnier Lapostolle family, founders and owners of the world-renowned liqueur Grand Marnier, has vineyards in three regions of Chile, the oldest plantings being 1920 in the southern Apalta Vineyard brought from France at the end of the 19th Century.

Their mission is to capture the freshness of young and expressive fruit, bright and alive.
These characteristics define the Lapostolle Grand Selection wines.
This Grand Selection Cabernet Sauvignon has flavors of red fruits, strawberries and blackberries, with a concentrated and round palate.

Certified Carbon Neutral.

For more info, visit Lapostolle website.

VARIETALS
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Carmenère, 5% Grenache, 2% Petit Verdot

VINTAGE
2021

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Lapostolle Grand Selection Carménère

2021

Lapostolle Grand Selection Carménère

Valle del Rapel is one of the few places where Carménère grows in ideal conditions. It is located in the central part of Chile and it exhibits a semi-arid Mediterranean climate with warm and dry days and pleasantly cool nights during the growing season, as a result of cold breezes coming from the Andes. Rapel has also a cool influence from the Pacificís Humboldt Current, which lowers temperatures in the coastal areas of the valley. This leads to warm days with ample sunlight and dry conditions, allowing a slow ripening period. Carménère is able to fully ripen but maintain all its fresh notes that are so unique to the variety.

Certified Carbon Neutral.

For more info, visit Lapostolle website.

VARIETALS
85% Carmenère, 6% Cabernet Franc, 5% Syrah, 4% Grenache

VINTAGE
2021

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Lapostolle Le Petit Clos de Clos Apalta

2020

Lapostolle Le Petit Clos de Clos Apalta

In 2014, Clos Apalta gave birth to its second wine, Le Petit Clos de Clos Apalta, in order to offer a different interpretation of this unique terroir, using the same grapes, but in different proportion, and offering young vines a chance to prove their worth before thay can make it into the Grand Vin.

The 2020 vintage was a challenging one due to climatic disruptions and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the dry conditions resulted in excellent sanitary conditions for the fruit. The harvest began 10 days earlier than usual and was carried out with sector-by-sector, block-by-block harvesting due to uneven maturity. Quality control and selective harvesting led to reasonable yields of excellent quality. This season has delivered elevated levels of most compounds of the grape must: sugars, tannins, and an unexpectedly impressive acidity. The COVID-19 pandemic added to the challenge. Despite the hurdle, the team’s unfaltering commitment resulted in a successful harvest.

“Le Petit Clos is a different interpretation of the Clos Apalta Terroir, using the mastery of blending that is the heart of the winemaking philosophy from the Domaines Bournet ”. – Jacques Begarie, Chief Winemaker.

Made with Organic Grapes and Biodynamic vineyard management.

   

For more info, visit Clos Apalta website.

VARIETALS
40% Carmenère, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot

VINTAGE
2020

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Luma Chequén Gran Reserva Carménère

2022

Luma Chequén Gran Reserva Carménère

Luma offers handmade wines selected from the best lots of InVina’s extensive vineyards, fermented in small tanks, then aged in barrel for 12 months. Where power meets elegance.

The grapes for this Estate Bottled wine come from Batuco Estate, where cooler temperatures give the wine its blueberry notes, and Las Tizas Estate, where warmer temperature add a jammier profile. Smooth and opulent, full of blueberry flavors over notes of dry leaf, chocolate and white pepper.

For more info, visit Luma Chequén website.

VARIETALS
100% Carménère

VINTAGE
2022

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Root:1 Carménère Reserva

2022

Root:1 Carménère Reserva

The warm days and cool nights of this estate vineyard in Colchagua Valley provide the long growing season for the Carmenere grape to reach its maximum potential, producing a wine that is deep, dark and pleasantly fragrant.

“The lost grape of Bordeaux” comes home to Chile with this subtly spicy, refreshingly fruity example that showcases how delightfully dynamic Carmenere can truly be.

For more info, visit Root:1 website.

VARIETALS
85% Carménère, 15% Syrah

VINTAGE
2022

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