Los Lingues Carmenere Gran Reserva
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops, traditional beef empanadas, roasted pork tenderloin
✨ Technical Specifications
Nestled at the foot of the majestic Andes Mountains, the Los Lingues estate in the Colchagua Valley provides a dramatic backdrop for Casa Silva's signature Carmenere. This grape, famously lost to Europe during the phylloxera epidemic of the 19th century and rediscovered in Chile disguised as Merlot, has found its spiritual home in these stony, clay-loam soils. The cooling drafts descending from the Andes create a unique microclimate that tempers the valley's heat, allowing the notoriously late-ripening Carmenere to mature slowly and fully. This slow ripening tames the grape's natural pyrazines, yielding a Gran Reserva of remarkable depth. It typically showcases a rich profile of dark plums, blackberry, and bittersweet chocolate, accented by the variety's signature notes of freshly cracked black pepper and sweet tobacco, all framed by velvety, supple tannins.
🍾 About the Producer
With winemaking roots dating back to 1892 in the Colchagua Valley, Viña Casa Silva is one of Chile's most historic and distinguished family-owned wine estates, formally bottled under the family label by Mario Silva and his sons in 1997. Based at their ancestral estate in Angostura near San Fernando, the winery has emerged as a leader in Chilean viticultural innovation, spearheading landmark terroir research and pioneering extreme vineyards ranging from the cool coastal hills of Paredones to the glacial soils of Lago Ranco in Chilean Patagonia. Committed to sustainability, precision farming, and authentic varietal character, the estate produces an exceptional spectrum of expressive red, white, rosé, and sparkling wines. Casa Silva is universally acclaimed for defining modern Carmenère through benchmark bottlings like Microterroir, its flagship blend Altura, and crystalline cool-climate Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Carmenere
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14-14.5%