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Wine Reviews: Concha y Toro > Carmin de Peumo

CARMIN DE PEUMO
Vineyard: Peumo Vineyard in Rapel Valley, Chile
Grape Variety: 90% Carmenere, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1.5% Petit Verdot, .5% Cabernet Franc.
Production Technique: Aged for twenty months in 100% French oak barriques.
Description: Color: Dark and deep red with Violet hues.
Bouquet:Very elegant. Complex, a great deal of black fruit; plums and blackberries with hints of gooseberries and tobacco.
Taste:Well-structured, filling, bitter chocolate, sweet tannins, vigorous and concentrated. Thick with an oily texture, its rich fruity base ends in a long finish.
Alcohol Content: 14%
Total Acidity: -

Concha y Toro is Chile’s finest producer of Carmenere, and Carmin de Peumo, its finest Carmenere wine. Enjoy with meats, roasts, pastas and strong cheeses

CARMIN DE PEUMO

CONCHA Y TORO
Carmenère Peumo Carmín de Peumo 2005

Driven and pure, with remarkably supple tannins guiding the black currant, plum, graphite and melted dark licorice notes. Picks up additional loam and coffee notes on the finish, but stays fine-grained and stylish despite its weight. Also contains Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2009 through 2015. 1,000 cases made. –JM

Score: 94
Release Price: $125
Country: Chile
Region: Rapel
Issue: Aug 31, 2008

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