Wine Caliterra Carmenere Reserva DO 2009
Tasting Notes
The wine has a deep purple, almost black color.
Carmenere Reserva has an elegant, complex taste with soft rounded tannins and a lovely long finish.
The wine has a rich aroma with notes of blackberry, raspberry, licorice, interwoven with hints of cinnamon and anise.
Carmenere Reserva wine are encouraged to apply to complex meat dishes, lamb under a variety of sauces.
Interesting Facts
Delicious wine Caliterra Carmenere Reserva is made from the best grapes grown in vineyards, which are located 60 km from the coast of the ocean at an altitude of 150 m above sea level. Not so long ago farming Caliterra was successfully applied modern technology harvest - "polygonal System", which is that the collection takes place only with those areas where the berries have reached optimum maturity. Thanks to multispectral images of the vineyard from satellites, with grape vines are allocated the same optimum maturity. Fermentation takes place in steel tanks at controlled temperature, malolactic fermentation is done in oak barrels. Extract 80% of the wine takes place in oak barrels for 10 months. Awards:
- Carmenere Reserva 2007 was awarded the title of "Best Chilean Carmenere wine" from Carménère al Mundo;
- Carmenere Reserva 2005 - Silver Medal from Catad'Or Grand Hyatt Wine Awards, 87 points from Vinos & Más.
Caliterra wine company was founded in 1996 by American entrepreneur Robert Mondavi and the owner of the company "Vina Erazuriz" Eduardo Chadwick in order to make a reality of their common dream - the production of high quality wines that reflect the nature and potential of the Chilean terroir.
The farm is located in the Valley Caliterra Colchagua, where unspoiled nature, beautiful Mediterranean climate: cool nights, the sea breeze and bright sunshine create superior grapes, the basis for the mature, rich, concentrated and well-balanced wines.
In 1997, the vineyards were first planted company varieties: Carmenere, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz. The vineyards are located at an altitude of 150 meters above sea level.
Caliterra economy demonstrates a passion for high quality, so that the light are born bright, young, memorable wines.
The company's philosophy is to produce environmentally friendly wines created from grapes grown in accordance with the environmental requirements, where each grade will retain all its unique characteristics, reflecting the quality and purity of the Chilean nature. So, despite his youth, Kaliterra company produces a wide range of first-class wines, it should be noted that the production is not small, as are produced annually about 5 million. Bottles.
