Estate Carmenere
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled pork chops, roasted duck breast, or stuffed bell peppers.
✨ Technical Specifications
Viña Errázuriz’s Estate Carmenere is a vibrant tribute to Chile's signature grape, a variety once thought extinct in Europe after the phylloxera epidemic, only to be rediscovered masquerading as Merlot in Chilean vineyards in 1994. Sourced from the sun-drenched slopes of the Aconcagua Valley, this wine benefits from a Mediterranean climate where warm days are tempered by cool evening breezes sweeping down from the Andes and in from the Pacific Ocean. This unique diurnal temperature shift allows the Carmenere grapes to ripen slowly and completely, mitigating the variety's natural pyrazines to reveal lush red fruit and soft, velvety tannins. Fermented in stainless steel and partially aged in French oak barrels, the Estate Carmenere strikes a beautiful balance between fresh, primary fruit characteristics and subtle, spicy oak complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1870 by Don Maximiano Errázuriz, Viña Errázuriz is an architect of modern Chilean viticulture. Sited in the Aconcagua Valley, the estate traverses diverse mesoclimates, moving from warm, alluvial inland terraces framed by the Andes to cool-climate maritime slopes in Aconcagua Costa. Viticulture emphasizes precision farming certified under the Wines of Chile Sustainability Code. Errázuriz revolutionized Chile's global standing through the historic 2004 Berlin Tasting orchestrated by Eduardo Chadwick, alongside longtime Technical Director Francisco Baettig. While internationally revered for red icons, Errázuriz’s white wine program demonstrates profound terroir mastery, especially along the coastal schist soils of the Las Pizarras vineyard. Benchmark white expressions like Las Pizarras Chardonnay deliver striking mineral reduction, crystalline acidity, and tension, while the Max and Costa Sauvignon Blancs showcase vibrant, citrus-driven linear precision that highlights the estate's exceptional Pacific maritime influence.
🍇 Grapes
Carmenere
🍷 ABV
13.5%