Terroir de Familia Reserva Carmenere
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
grilled lamb chops, beef empanadas, roasted pork loin
✨ Technical Specifications
Casa Silva's Terroir de Familia Reserva Carmenere is a tribute to the family's multi-generational winemaking heritage in Chile, which began in 1892. Carmenere, a grape once thought extinct in Europe before its dramatic rediscovery in Chile in 1994, has become the country's signature variety. This wine is sourced from the family's estate vineyards in the Central Valley, where the warm daytime temperatures and cooling breezes from the Andes and Pacific create the ideal microclimate. The winemaking team utilizes a combination of stainless steel fermentation to preserve the bright, primary fruit characteristics and gentle aging in French oak barrels to add structure and complexity. The result is a classic expression of Chilean Carmenere, showcasing a harmonious balance of dark plum, spice, and the variety's signature herbal undertones.
🍾 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)
13.5-14%