Carmenere Wines

Carmenare was once a noble grape in Bordeaux, but since falling out of favour there many years ago, it has found a new home in Chile. This is quite a step up from the Casa, and is made from old vine carmenare. It shows aromas of dark fruits, mocha...

De Martino were the first carbon neutral winery in Chile, so you can feel all warm and fuzzy about the environment while you drink this Carmenere. This grape is a distant cousin to Cabernet but made the leap from Bordeaux to South America many moo...

Carmenere is the dark and swarthy cousin of Cabernet. It’s from the same family although Carmenere has even thicker skin and a notorious South American accent. It also has to be the signature grape of Chile, and mixes up red fruits and spice to ma...

Here’s a hand picked wine that’s come all the way from Chile. It’s made with the lesser-found Carmenere grape that originated in Bordeaux and was thought to be extinct but turned up in Chile. It’s closely related to Cabernet in some respects; thic...

This value wine out of Chile is great if you want to try something different without spending much money. It’s a bold, fullsome style of wine that shows fruity blackberries, pepper spice and dried herbs on the nose with hints of mocha. The palate ...

Peppery, spicy, dried herb aromas with a dusty plum overtone. Velvety tannins in the mouth, with excellent flavour intensity. Very interesting wine!

Nose: Expressive nose, with spices, red and black fruit, some smoky tones, chocolate and herbal notes at the end. Palate: Smooth and well balanced tannins, with a good structure and a long finish. Service and Food Pairing: Ready to drink no...

Color: Intense purple color. Nose: Black and red fruit mixed with some spiciness and white chocolate aromas. Palate: Medium structure with great acidity and juicy red fresh fruit Service and Food Pairing: Serve from 16° C (60° F) to 18°...

Planted on the Olssen family vineyard in '02 as part of the official Clare Valley Vine Improvement Scheme, one of the first such plantings in Australia. The colour is bright crimson-purple, and the fruit has a delicious juicy quality despite 18 mo...

Bright,light crimson hue; deliriously fresh cassis fruit is set among superfine tannins and subtle French oak. Little or no need for patience - what it has now may well be better than anything to follow in the future.

The Bordeaux variety does particularly well as a standalone variety in Chile and it's very easy to love: fleshy, velvety texture, rich, full, wild dark berry flavours with pleasing minerality to finish.

The best wines from Chile are worth learning about. This is from a family winery in the Colchagua Valley and has floral fragrances, fabulous lush texture, deep, rich and concentrated flavours, and friendly approachability