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Vina Carmen Sauvignon Blanc Curico Valley Chile
Description: Carmen make great reds but their whites are also improving vintage by vintage. This has good varietal herby fruit which is concentrated but not flabby and delicious grapefruit acidity.
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Vina Carmen Sauvignon Blanc Curico Chile
Description: • Winemaker Comments: An intense Sauvignon Blanc with fresh fruity aromas of citrus, pineapple and herbal character. In the palate shows volume and good concentration fruity flavours and persistence. • Harvest and Production: The grapes for this wine came from three different valleys: Rapel , Curicó and Maipo . The grapes were selected and crushed. 60% of the grapes remained with the skins for 4 hours at 4ºC, while the rest of the grapes were directly pressed. The juice was well clarified and then fermented at 14ºC in stainless steel tanks. After fermentation the wine remained with its lees for one month. After the blend, the wine was bottled young to preserve the fresh fruity varietal charecter. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £93.17
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Concha y Toro RESERVA PRIVADA Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc Maule Valley Chile
Description: Concha y Toro Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc is a rich, delicious and enticing dessert wine. Half of the grapes are harvested at 34 brix with controlled botrytis and the other half with higher sugar concentration before being aged 2 years in stainless steel tanks. This has produced a brilliant, golden yellow coloured wine with amber tones. The bouquet is displaying ripe fruit, papaya, peach, hints of honey while there are soft and fruity flavours with honey pervading through the finish. (12 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £65.88
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Vina Carmen RESERVE Petite Sirah Maipo Valley Chile
Description: Winemaker Comments: A deep violet colour, with intense aromas of red fruits, some menthol and spicy complexity. In the palate the wine shows great structure, with firm tannins, fruity flavours with a rich complexity and delightful persistence. Harvest and Production: The grapes come from estate vineyards in the Maipo Valley. They were hand harvested and selected prior to crushing. Fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at 28 ºC, with a total maceration period of 21 days. Malolactic fermentation occurred naturally in tanks and in barrels. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £75.84
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Vina Carmen Cabernet Sauvignon Maipo Valley Chile
Description: Winemaker Comments: A bright ruby color with intense aromas of red and black fruits like cherries, blackberries, raspberries and cassis. Intense in fruit, soft in tannins, full body and lingering finish. • Winemaking techniques: The grapes were hand harvest between the middle of April and May. The grapes remained with the skins for one week at 2ºC cold maceration. Alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at 26ºC to 28ºC. Malolactic fermentation took place naturally in tanks and barrels. 30% of the wine aged in French and American oak for 6 months. After, this portion of the wine was blended with the stainless steel wine, then fined and bottled. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £93.17
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Vina Carmen WINEMAKER'S RESERVE Red Maipo Valley Chile
Description: One of the finest wines ever to come out of Chile, blended from some of the best cuvees put together by Alvaro Espinoza. This is his pride and joy. Wonderful deep garnet colour. Classic, unmistakable Cabernet nose and the small quantity of Merlot in the blend leaves it with a velvety, long, lingering finish. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £122.21
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Vina Carmen Merlot Rapel Valley Chile
Description: Winemaker Comments: The wine shows a bright strawberry red colour with intense aromas of caramel, intense cherries and strawberries ripe fruits, spices, coffee and hints of mint. On the palate the wine shows fruity and spicy flavoured, with soft tannins, good balance and lingering finish. Harvest and Production: The grapes were harvested in the middle of April. The clusters were selected and then crushed. 30% of the grapes remained with the skins for 6 days at 2ºC before the fermentation. The alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at 26ºC to 28ºC. The maceration period for this wine was 18 days . Malolactic fermentation took place naturally in tanks and in barrels. 20% of the wine remained in French and American oak barrels for 6 months. After this the wine was blended, fined and bottled. (24 x 37.5 cl)
Price: £101.40
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