Single Vineyard Carmenere
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–8 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork loin, grilled lamb chops, roasted bell peppers stuffed with seasoned beef
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the Max vineyards in the heart of the Aconcagua Valley, Errazuriz Single Vineyard Carmenere is a tribute to Chile's signature grape. Once thought to be extinct in its native Bordeaux after the phylloxera plague, Carmenere was famously rediscovered in Chile in 1994, where it had been mistaken for Merlot for decades. Errazuriz crafts this wine from select parcels where colluvial soils and the valley's unique microclimate—characterized by warm, sunny days tempered by cooling evening breezes from the Pacific Ocean and the Andes—allow the late-ripening Carmenere to achieve optimal phenolic ripeness. The wine is typically aged in French oak barrels for approximately 12 months, resulting in a refined expression that balances rich black fruit, roasted red pepper, and sweet spice notes with elegant, polished tannins.
🍾 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%