Winery Santa CarolinaB Blend Carmenère - Grenache - Merlot
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Carmenère and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the B Blend Carmenère - Grenache - Merlot of Winery Santa Carolina in the region of Central Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak.
Food and wine pairings with B Blend Carmenère - Grenache - Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with B Blend Carmenère - Grenache - Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with B Blend Carmenère - Grenache - Merlot
The B Blend Carmenère - Grenache - Merlot of Winery Santa Carolina matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of empanadas de carne (argentina), medallions of monkfish with citrus fruits or gratin of ratatouille with comté cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Santa Carolina's B Blend Carmenère - Grenache - Merlot.
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 B Blend Carmenère - Grenache - Merlot from Winery Santa Carolina are 2012, 2011, 2010, 2013 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Santa Carolina
The Winery Santa Carolina is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 204 wines for sale in the of Cachapoal Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cachapoal Valley
Chilean Rapel sub-valley, Mediterranean terroir sheltered from the Pacific: signature Carmenere as king red — balanced between ripe cherry, plum and its signature green/spicy pepper, round tannins, preserved structure (Peumo the star sub-zone). Elegant Cabernet Sauvignon on the Andean foothills of Alto Cachapoal (600-900 m): blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, racy acidity. Syrah and Merlot as complement. Gravelly soils east, fertile silt west, hot sheltered climate.
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: Soft
Sweet wine containing between 30 and 50 grams of residual sugar. A sweet wine is made from very ripe grapes but without being affected by botrytis cinerea and without being raisined. This term can also be applied to a dry wine that is smooth and fat in the mouth.
