Reserva Estate Carmenere
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork loin, grilled lamb chops, or traditional beef empanadas.
✨ Technical Specifications
Errazuriz's Estate Series Carmenere is a vibrant tribute to Chile's signature grape, which was famously rediscovered in the country's vineyards in 1994 after being thought extinct in Europe. Sourced from the sun-drenched slopes of the Aconcagua Valley, where warm days are tempered by cooling breezes from both the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains, this wine captures the true essence of the varietal. The grapes are carefully harvested to manage Carmenere's natural pyrazines, resulting in a wine that beautifully balances rich red fruit with subtle herbal, black pepper, and roasted bell pepper notes. A portion of the blend is aged in French oak barrels to impart soft tannins and hints of sweet spice, creating an approachable yet structurally sound representation of Chilean terroir.
🍾 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% - 14%