Winery Santa Rita120 Reserva Especial Carmenère
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
Taste structure of the 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère from the Winery Santa Rita
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère of Winery Santa Rita in the region of Central Valley is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère of Winery Santa Rita in the region of Central Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère
Pairings that work perfectly with 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère
Original food and wine pairings with 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère
The 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère of Winery Santa Rita matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of quick meatloaf, lasagne simplissimo or lamb kebab.
Details and technical informations about Winery Santa Rita's 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère.
Discover the grape variety: Carmenère
Carménère is a grape variety of Bordeaux origin. It is the result of a cross between Cabernet Franc and Gros Cabernet. In France, it occupies only about ten hectares, but it is also grown in Chile, Peru, the Andes, California, Italy and Argentina. The leaves of the carmenere are shiny and revolute. Its berries are round and medium-sized. Carménère is susceptible to grey rot, especially in wet autumn. It can also be exposed to the risk of climatic coulure, which is why it is important to grow it on poor soil and in warm areas. Carménère is associated with an average second ripening period. This variety has only one approved clone, 1059. It can be vinified with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It produces a rich, highly coloured wine, which acquires character when combined with other grape varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 120 Reserva Especial Carmenère from Winery Santa Rita are 2019, 2009, 2018, 2015 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Santa Rita
The Winery Santa Rita is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 193 wines for sale in the of Rapel Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rapel Valley
Rapel Valley is a large wine-producing region in Chile's Central Valley. Made up of the Colchagua and Cachapoal valleys, the area produces roughly a quarter of all Chilean wine. The Warm, Dry region makes a wide range of wine styles, ranging from everyday wines to some of Chile's most expensive and prestigious offerings. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Carmenère are the most important grape varieties planted here.
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.
The word of the wine: Vinification of sweet wines
Moelleux and liquoreux wines are characterized by the presence of residual sugars (natural sugar of the grape), not transformed into alcohol under the effect of yeasts. The fermentation is stopped by cold and by the addition of sulphur dioxide (sulphur).
