Very tasty- lot of fruit, plums come to mind. Spices like chocolate, vanilla and caramel, jam. Bold structure and body, deep ruby red in color. Long on the tongue, goes well with spicy foods, meats and cheeses. Also stands alone late at night in a hot tub full of close friends.
Maipo valley in Chile. As part of the Central Valley, south of Santiago, it is famous for producing excellent red wines. Hot days, cool nights with enough irrigation from the Andes to achieve constant ripening until the date of harvest. Next time you go skiing in July-August, check it out.
All grapes are hand picked, to ensure quality, and then stored in oak barrels for about 8 months then bottled for future aging.
This bright, crisp wine with a yellow/greenish color is outta this world. Aromas of fresh cut grass, citrus, orange blossom, white flowers and exotic fruits. This juicy wine has a fresh, long and vibrant intensity with great structure and persistence. This wine can be enjoyed with sushi and fresh oysters, or late at night in a hot tub full of close friends.
The Casablanca valley is a 90-minute drive northwest of the city of Santiago. All of Chile's major wineries source grapes from this increasingly important district. Very similar to the Carneros region in Napa/Sonoma California, the cool maritime climate allows the fruit to be produced with high aromatic expression and abundant freshness. Minimum irrigation allows a balance in the production of the grapes. Clones are used from California and central France that enables the wine to be more complex and integrated. Next time you're in Santiago and want to head to the beach in Vista Mar, stop in and check the area out. Chances are, you'll never see the sand!
All grapes are hand picked to ensure they reach the winery in peak condition. Fermented and conditioned in Stainless steel tanks for about one month. Not long after this, it is bottled and shipped to market.
This wine has aromas of pineapple, mango, passion fruit and tropical fruit with certain floral and citrus notes. It is pale yellow in color, with a touch of olive green. It is brilliant and luminous. The mouth feel has balance and good body, with plenty of fruity notes. It has tremendous fresh fruit flavors, slight sweetness and great acidity. This wine is an ideal to accompany rather oily fish, such as smoked salmon and swordfish. It will also go nicely with white meat of poultry. It will also stand-alone late at night in a hot tub full of close friends.
This wine comes from the Casablanca valley, just outside of Santiago, Chile. This increasingly important growing region is a major source of fruit for all the major wineries in Chile. It may one day become the greatest terroir in all of South America. The soils are sandy clay, with low fertility and this, along with the cool maritime climate of the valley produces grapes of high aromatic expression and great freshness. If you want to visit some great wineries in Chile, Casablanca is the place to be.
All grapes are hand picked to ensure they reach the winery in peak condition. Fermented and conditioned in Stainless steel tanks for about one month. Not long after this, it is bottled and shipped to market.
This is a very intense and deep red wine with notes of purple and violet. It has an intense aroma of spice, oak-wood and woodland fruits in the nose. It also has a pleasant note of vanilla and cream. The mouth feel is fresh and silky smooth, rich in fruity flavors and well blended with fresh tobacco. This wine goes well with poultry, pasta and cream, even fish! It can also stand-alone late at night with a hot tub full of close friends.
The grapes come from Maipo Valley located just south of Santiago. This valley begins a stretch known as the Central Valley-four major wine regions that combine to form the heart of Chile's wine industry. Changes in altitude from the Andes down through the plains combined with cooling breezes create an ideal terroir for producing exceptional structured, persistent and long red wines. A perfect day trip out of Santiago, don't forget the picnic basket!
All grapes are hand picked to ensure they reach the winery in peak condition. The wine is stored in oak barrels for about 8 months, and then bottled for continued development. Carmenere is an ancient Bordeaux variety, one of the six original Bordeaux grapes. The Carmenere vines were wiped out in Europe by the phyollexera epidemic in the 1860's. However, due to the geographic isolation of the southern part of South America, the phyollexera never showed up and Chile is now one of the largest producers of Carmenere in the world.
