Carmenere
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork loin, grilled lamb chops, portobello mushroom burgers
✨ Technical Specifications
The story of Chilean Carmenere is one of the most fascinating chapters in modern wine history. Originally a prominent blending grape in Bordeaux, it was thought to be extinct after the phylloxera plague of the late 19th century. Decades later, it was rediscovered in Chile, where it had been mistakenly planted and harvested as 'Chilean Merlot' for over a century. Today, it has become Chile's signature grape. Emiliana, utilizing its pioneering organic and biodynamic farming methods in the Central Valley, coaxes a remarkably pure expression from this late-ripening variety. The warm, sun-drenched climate of the Central Valley, tempered by cool evening breezes from the Andes, allows the grapes to achieve optimal phenolic ripeness, tempering Carmenere's natural pyrazines and resulting in a wine with smooth tannins, rich dark fruit, and subtle spicy complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1986 by the Guilisasti family, Emiliana has grown to become the world's leading producer of organic and biodynamic wines. In the late 1990s, visionary director Rafael Guilisasti partnered with renowned consulting winemaker Álvaro Espinoza to pioneer ecological viticulture across Chile's most prestigious wine regions, including the Casablanca, Maipo, Colchagua, and Cachapoal Valleys. Guided by Demeter-certified biodynamic farming principles, Emiliana eliminates synthetic inputs in favor of natural preparations and native biodiversity to authentically reflect terroir. The estate is widely celebrated for its flagship biodynamic red blends, notably Coyam and Gê, as well as expressive single-vineyard expressions of Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Syrah.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Carmenere
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14%