Winery Carmen - Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc

Winery CarmenGran Reserva Cabernet Franc

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc of Winery Carmen is a red wine from the region of Maipo Valley of Central Valley.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc of Winery Carmen in the region of Central Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Carmen's Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
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Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc - 2015
In the top 100 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc - 2012
In the top 100 of of Maipo Valley wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc from Winery Carmen are 2012, 2015

Informations about the Winery Carmen

The winery offers 140 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This winery is part of the Trinchero Family Estates.
It is in the top 75 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Maipo Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Carmen is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 95 wines for sale in the of Maipo Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Central Valley
In the top 5000 of of Chile wines
In the top 4500 of of Maipo Valley wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Maipo Valley

Maipo Valley is one of Chile's most important wine-producing regions. Located just South of the capital, Central-valley/maipo-valley/santiago">Santiago, Maipo Valley is home to some of the country's most prestigious wines. It is often described as the 'Bordeaux of South America', and Rich, fruit-driven Cabernet Sauvignon is undoubtedly its most celebrated wine style. Maipo is at the very Northern end of Chile's extensive Central Valley, running from just north of the Rapel Valley up to where the countryside begins to give way to houses and roads in the southern suburbs of Santiago.


The wine region of Central Valley

The Central Valley (El Valle Central) of Chile is one of the most important wine-producing areas in South America in terms of Volume. It is also one of the largest wine regions, stretching from the Maipo Valley (just south of Santiago) to the southern end of the Maule Valley. This is a distance of almost 250 miles (400km) and covers a number of Climate types. The Central Valley wine region is easily (and often) confused with the geological Central Valley, which runs north–south for more than 620 miles (1000km) between the Pacific Coastal Ranges and the lower Andes.

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The word of the wine: Saignée (rosé de)

Rosé wine made from a vat of black grapes after a short maceration period.

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