Tributo Carmenere 2006
Viña Caliterra
Colchagua Valley, Chile
86% Carmenere
10% Merlot
4% Shiraz
This wine features a deep dark colour with ruby rim. Its aromatic richness is intense and pleasant and displays notes of moist tobacco leaves, dried fruit, and chocolate –all characteristics of wines made from sufficiently ripe grapes. This wine is generous in the glass and boasts a lush mouthfeel. Its excellent balance, rich bouquet, and soft tannins lead to a long finish.
The grapes used for our Tribute Carménère 2006 were hand-picked into bins, destemmed, gently crushed, and transferred to stainless-steel tanks for fermentation and maceration. The wine was aged for 14 months in 80% American and 20% French oak barrels, during which time it underwent malolactic fermentation. Clarification occurred naturally as the wine settled during ageing. The wine was fined with egg whites and lightly filtered before bottling in August 2007.
89, Wine Advocate
“The 2006 Carmenere Tribute, my favorite of the quartet, offers spice box and blueberry aromas, a smooth texture, excellent depth, and layers of flavor. When you find a well-made, value-priced Carmenere, it’s well worth a try. It will drink well for another 5-7 years.”
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Sale prices valid from March 2 through March 31, 2009. Subject to availability. Sale and regular prices can change without further notice.
