Winery San Jose de ApaltaGran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon - Carménère
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery San Jose de Apalta's Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon - Carménère.
Discover the grape variety: Chambourcin
Richly coloured and fruity reds with a purple colour and supple tannins, on aromas of black cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, spices and herbal notes. Round palate, fresh finish, best drunk young. A disease-resistant hybrid, it produces organic and sustainable reds in the Loire Valley (IGP Atlantique, IGP Val de Loire), the United States (Pennsylvania, Missouri, Virginia) and Australia (New South Wales). French hybrid created in 1963 by Joannès Seyve.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon - Carménère from Winery San Jose de Apalta are 2006, 2007, 2010, 0 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery San Jose de Apalta
The Winery San Jose de Apalta is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Rapel Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rapel Valley
Vast central Chilean valley, ~25% of national output. Carmenère, emblem of Chile: dense reds with signature notes of blackberry, plum, green pepper, coffee, cocoa and spice, round tannins — a grape rediscovered here in 1994. Also firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, eucalyptus), supple Merlot, peppery Syrah. Encompasses Cachapoal to the north (cooler, higher altitude) and Colchagua to the south (warm, fleshy stars).
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: Golden
Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.
