Cachapoal Andes Valley, Chile – 100% Carmenere – 14.4% ABV
Maceration: Three days in stainless steel tanks at low temperatures. Fermentation time: 20 days. Temperature: 25-28 ºC. Malolactic fermentation: Yes. Ageing Process: Stored in French oak barrels for ten months
The colour is Deep red with violet hues. On the nose, Intense blackberries, ripe plums, black chocolate and spicy notes. Great volume and structure on the palate, with round tannins, good acidity and a long and persistent ending.
2020 Clos de LUZ – LUZ Carmenere – 94 points Robert Parker
Almahue Valley, Chile – 80% Carmenere, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Syrah – 13.5% ABV
The base of this 2020 harvest is Carménère planted in 1945 in Lower Wine Parcel 4 and aged 12 months in a new 4,000-liter untoasted Austrian Stockinger foudre. The remaining 10% is a Cabernet Sauvignon planted in 1956 from the “La Alfalfa” Wine Parcels and aged in a 800-liter Concrete Egg. Once the final blend is determined, we allow the components to integrate for six months and then taste the wine again. Then come the “final touches”. This year we added 200 liters of an exceptional Syrah aged in clay amphora. This wine was bottled with no stabilizing, filtering, or added chemical products (except for a low dose of sulphur before bottling).
An elegant expression of Carménère with red berries, plums, tobacco and a hint of coffee on the nose. Medium-bodied and svelte with good layers of fruit and fine, silky tannins.
2021 Clos de LUZ Massal 1945 Carmenere – 94 points Descorchados
Almahue Valley, Chile – 100% Carmenere – 13.9% ABV
The wine is aged for 12 months: 50% of the wine in 4.000 litres Gamba French oak tank, 44% in 225 and 300 litres French oak barrels of different uses, and the remaining 6% is aged in new 600 litres Sylvain French oak barrels. The Fermentation process is made with indigenous yeast. This wine is stabilized naturally thanks to the cold winter weather, without using any chemical products.
The colour is deep purple. This is a rich and soft take on the genre with an array of earthy ripe-plum aromas. The herbal aromas are shown very clearly, but there is also a seductive juiciness manifested in flavours of red fruits, succulent and vibrant.
