Winery ElquiCarmenère - Syrah
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Carmenère - Syrah of the Winery Elqui is in the top 50 of wines of Elqui Valley.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Carmenère - Syrah
Pairings that work perfectly with Carmenère - Syrah
Original food and wine pairings with Carmenère - Syrah
The Carmenère - Syrah of Winery Elqui matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of quick meatloaf, lamb stew with melting peppers or curried coral lentils.
Details and technical informations about Winery Elqui's Carmenère - Syrah.
Discover the grape variety: Carmenère
Velvety, deep reds with a dark robe and round tannins, showing aromas of blackberry, plum, ripe red pepper, dark chocolate, coffee and gentle spice. Warm, supple finish. Absolute star of Chile (Colchagua, Cachapoal, Maipo) where it was rediscovered in 1994, long confused with Merlot. A historic Bordeaux variety that nearly vanished after phylloxera, a cross of Cabernet Franc × Gros Cabernet.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Carmenère - Syrah from Winery Elqui are 2011, 0
Informations about the Winery Elqui
The Winery Elqui is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Elqui Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Elqui Valley
Northernmost valley of Chile at the edge of the Atacama desert, very sunny desert climate (<70 mm rain/year), cool nights from the Pacific and the Andes. Syrah signature as king red: intense and concentrated with notes of black mulberry, cassis, violet, black pepper, olive, garrigue and a schistose mineral touch, firm tannins and sunny palate — unique high-altitude typicity. Zippy herbal Sauvignon Blanc in complement. Historic cradle of Chilean Pisco since the 16th c.
The wine region of Coquimbo
Chile's northernmost wine region (600 km north of Santiago), covering the Elqui, Limarí and Choapa valleys under a semi-desert climate cooled by the Pacific Camanchaca fog and the Andes. Syrah is the flagship red — intense blackcurrant, blackberry, black pepper, olive and a mineral-saline altitude edge, fine tannins and elegant freshness. Structured Cabernet Sauvignon. Taut Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc with citrus notes.
The word of the wine: Sweet
Generic term for wines containing residual sugar (natural sugars in the grapes that have not been transformed into alcohol). It is also used to describe a wine with a dominantly sweet flavour, without further explanation.
