Edicion Limitada Carmenere
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–8 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled lamb chops, slow-cooked beef stew
✨ Technical Specifications
Viña Morandé’s Edición Limitada Carmenere is a tribute to Chile's signature grape, whose history reads like a viticultural resurrection. Long thought to be extinct in its native Bordeaux after the phylloxera plague of the 19th century, Carmenere was famously rediscovered in Chile in 1994, where it had been hiding in plain sight, mistaken for Merlot. Morandé, a winery built on a pioneering spirit, crafts this limited-edition bottling from select parcels in the Central Valley, where the warm climate and alluvial soils allow this late-ripening variety to achieve perfect maturity. The winemaking team employs traditional aging techniques, often utilizing large oak foudres and French barrels, to temper Carmenere's natural herbal notes and coax out rich, velvety textures, dark fruit complexity, and signature cracked black pepper spice.
🍾 About the Producer
Viña Morandé was founded in 1996 by visionary winemaker Pablo Morandé, widely celebrated as the viticultural pioneer who introduced commercial vine plantings to the cool, maritime-influenced Casablanca Valley. Now operating under the Morandé Wine Group umbrella with historical headquarters and cellars centered in Pelequén, the estate farms extensively across prime Chilean macro-terroirs ranging from coastal Casablanca and Limarí to the granitic dry-farmed Secano Interior of Maule and Itata. Under the cellar direction of Ricardo Baettig alongside Pablo Morandé, the winery is renowned for innovative technical methods, including early adoption of high-density plantings, concrete eggs, and traditional untoasted foudres. Across whites and sparkling expressions, the house crafts crisp coastal whites and classical cuvées alongside boundary-pushing benchmark bottlings such as Edición Limitada Black Chardonnay, Bestiario, and the noble rot dessert wine Edición Limitada Golden Harvest Sauvignon Blanc, marrying varietal freshness with textural complexity.
🍇 Grapes
Carmenere