TerraNoble, Gran Reserva Carignan, Maule Valley, Chile, 2018

Overview of the Wine
This outstanding winery was founded in 1993, and has produced high quality wines that have been recognized and awarded. The owners, driven by their passion for viniculture, are dedicated to producing top wines by combining the excellent premises of a magnificent nature with the best in tradition and modernism.

The winery is located in the Maule Valley and the vineyards are in the Maule, Colchagua and Casablanca valleys. Each property was specially selected to extract the best attributes of each grape variety. The philosophy of Viñedos Terranoble is to produce elegant, noble and pleasant drinking wines, with fruit-bearing flavors and aromas that maintain the characteristics of each variety. The wines are young, attractively priced, and perfect for every day drinking. The line is all stainless steel production, resulting in clean, varietally driven profiles. The and wines see time in oak barrels, producing fully-bodied wines with a dynamic structure that offers the aromas and flavors of both the fruit and the wood.

Grape / Blend
Carignan

Origin
Maule Valley, Chile

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Intense deep red color, with outstanding aromas of red fruits, sour cherries, flowers and mineral notes. Very refreshing, complex and well-structured on the palate, its rustic tannins have been tamed by the time spent in old barrels bestowing a better evolution of the tannins.

Pairs well with any type meat, especially lamb because the tannins cut through the fattiness without hiding the flavors of the food. Also a good match with strong cheeses.

93 Points - Descorchados
Chile’s newest carignans are like this one, with radiantly fresh red fruit, wild, sharp tannins ready to welcome sausages, and those floral details in the midst of bright, illuminating acidity. This carignan is from vineyards planted in Melozal (a key name for the variety in Chile) in 1958, and, although it has a long life ahead of it, we recommend that you drink it now to take advantage of that cascade of fruit.

90 Points - Decanter
Spicy, savoury aromas with brighter top notes of redcurrant and cranberry on the nose. The palate is fresh, with crunchy sour cherry fruit, blackberries, herbs and spices and well integrated tannins. A great food wine.

90 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
I wished for some more varietal character in the 2018 Gran Reserva Carignan, but at least the wine is fresh and balanced with moderate ripeness and alcohol compared with most of its siblings. It has some grainy tannins and a dry finish. It matured in concrete eggs and untoasted foudre for one year.

Product size: 750ml