Cordillera Carménère Reserva Especial - Miguel Torres Chile

The elegant Cordillera Carmenère from Miguel Torres Chile glows with bright purple red in the glass. This single varietal Chilean wine shows wonderfully expressive notes of black currants, mulberries, blackberries and blueberries in the glass. These are joined by hints of vanilla, gingerbread spice and oriental spices.

The Miguel Torres Chile Cordillera Carmenère presents itself to the wine enthusiast wonderfully dry. This red wine never shows itself to be coarse or meager, as one might expect from a wine in the high quality wine range. On the palate, the texture of this balanced red wine is wonderfully velvety and dense. On the finish, this youthful red wine from the Valle Central wine region finally delights with considerable length. There are again hints of mulberry and blueberry. In the aftertaste, mineral notes of the soils dominated by volcanic rock are added.

Vinification of the Cordillera Carmenère from Miguel Torres Chile

The balanced Cordillera Carmenère from Chile is a single varietal wine made from the Carmenère grape variety. The grapes grow under optimal conditions in the Valle Central. The vines here dig their roots deep into soils of volcanic rock. The grapes for this red wine from Chile, after ensuring optimal ripeness, are harvested exclusively by hand. After the grape harvest, the grapes quickly reach the winery. Here they are selected and carefully ground. Then fermentation takes place in small wood at controlled temperatures. At the end of the fermentation, the Cordillera Carmenère is aged for 11 months in French oak barrels.

Food recommendation for the Cordillera Carmenère from Miguel Torres Chile

This Chilean is best enjoyed tempered at 15 - 18°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to veal boiled beef with beans and tomatoes, spicy curry with lamb or lemon chili chicken with bulgur.

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