Winery CarmenReserva Red Blend
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Reserva Red Blend
Pairings that work perfectly with Reserva Red Blend
Original food and wine pairings with Reserva Red Blend
The Reserva Red Blend of Winery Carmen matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef lark, stuffed zucchini with merguez, beef and spices or risotto milanese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Carmen's Reserva Red Blend.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Reserva Red Blend from Winery Carmen are 2008, 2011, 2010, 0 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Carmen
The Winery Carmen is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 103 wines for sale in the of Maipo Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Maipo Valley
"Bordeaux of South America": kingdom of Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon (>50% of plantings). Deep, structured reds with signature notes of ripe blackcurrant, eucalyptus, peppermint, cedar and graphite, firm tannins and long ageing. Also iconic Carmenère (bell pepper, black fruit, spices), round Merlot, fleshy Syrah and fresh Chardonnay. Cradle of icons Almaviva, Don Melchor, Santa Rita.
The wine region of Central Valley
Heart of modern Chilean wine: structured, sunny reds, dense, blackcurranty Cabernet Sauvignon from Maipo (Chilean cradle of the grape), signature Carménère with notes of ripe pepper, black fruit and sweet spices from Colchagua, supple Merlot and deep Syrah. Round Chardonnay whites and lively, sharp Sauvignon. Mediterranean climate, 400 km between Andes and Pacific. Star sub-regions: Maipo, Cachapoal, Colchagua, Curicó, Maule.
The word of the wine: Virile
Said of a robust, full-bodied wine and, in general, of wines reputed to be powerful in reference to masculine virility.
