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Santa Digna Carmenere Reserva Torres
ITEM NUMBER: 008 193
NAME: Santa Digna Carmenere Reserva
COUNTRY: Chile
AREA: Chile
PRODUCER: Miguel Torres
GRAPES: 80% Carmenère, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon
COLOR: red
MATURITY LEVEL: enjoy and storable
DESCRIPTION: Presented in luscious cherry red, with a lush bouquet of blackberries and black currants, and mix slightly balsamic, reminiscent of eucalyptus notes and subtle nuances of mandarin fruit. On the palate with elegant fruit dominated almost sweet tannins and spicy aromas of licorice, black pepper and cloves; Reifein the French oak gives the wine additional notes of toast with a delicate hint of vanilla.
PAIRINGS: An excellent companion to all the spicy-aromatic meat dishes, especially venison and grilled red meats or smoked meats and game birds.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18 ° C
VALUE ANALYSIS: Alcohol: 14.50%
Residual sugar: 3.20 g / l
Acidity: 3.20 g / l
Stored for up (at least): three to four years
PRODUCTION: The mid-March (Cabernet Sauvignon) and mid-April (Carmenère) grapes were fermented separately for 7 days at 28 ° C and remained for another month on the skins to tannin, extract color and flavor. Then the wines matured separately first 12 months in new Nevers oak barrels, 20%, then, married to the final blend for another 3 months in bottle before the Reserve is finally allowed onto the market.
AWARD: wine: 2 Stars tasting South America
WINE NOTES: Production Area: Central Valley. Whether it was the sandy soil or the particular situation now that our country has been spared from the phylloxera? The fact is that Chile's Acatama-desert in the north, the Andes to the east, which surround the Arctic to the south and the west Pacific fixed. During the dry season, the vines are a, from the time of the Incas and originating from the glacier melt water from the Andes-fed, irrigation system supplies. The temperature fluctuations between day and night can be up to 20 ° C and thus offer the perfect climate grapes, to preserve their elegant, even when fully ripe acidity. In 1979 Don Miguel Torres Carbó grandfather had in Chile, south of Curico, founded the winery Viña Maquehua where the Torres family still presses her famous Chilean top qualities. The 230 hectares of vineyards in the Valle de Curico with Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Malbec, Merlot, planted Pinot Noir, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc, from which the wines of the Santa Digna lines, and Cordillera Manso de Velasco are pressed. Santa Digna Chile were mentioned in the stone crosses, wild landscapes, water, forests, deserts and Andean glaciers, separated by arable farmland:
They are considered symbols of fertility and prosperity.
Bottle size: 6 / 0,75 l
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