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Tarreñas Sombras 2021 Carménère Rapel Valley DO, Chile

2021 Rapel Valley Carménère

The Tarreñas Sombras 2021 Carménère from the Rapel Valley in Chile invites you to experience a captivating red wine adventure. This Carménère boasts a medium-full body that gracefully balances its moderate acidity and prominent fruit intensity. The smooth tannins provide structure without overpowering, allowing the rich flavors to shine through. A sip of this wine reveals a harmonious blend of dark fruit flavors with a touch of spice, making it a delightful choice for those seeking a complex yet approachable red wine from this renowned wine region.

Tasting notes:


Our Carménère balances concentration and freshness. As it unfolds in your glass, black pepper and cinnamon aromas join balsamic and pine. Its powerful palate offers juicy acidity and firm tannins supporting notes of redcurrant and blackberry preserves, leading to a dry, cedar-like finish.

Flavor profile:


Color Intensity Color Intensity 0

Low High

Oak Oak 2

Low High

Fruit Intensity Medium

Low Pronounced

Sweetness Dry

Bone Dry Sweet

Spiciness Spiciness 0

Low High

Acidity Low

Low Pronounced

Tannin Medium

Low Pronounced

Body Medium

Very Light Full

Region:


Rapel Valley
Rapel Valley

Chile's Rapel Valley DO is actually made up of two smaller valleys; Cachapoal and Colchagua. Cachapoal is the warmer of the two, located further inland, entirely cut off from Pacific Ocean breezes and storms by the peaks of the Chilean Coastal Range. This area is well-known for old vine Carménère, which ripens best on the sun-drenched valley floors and foothills of the Andes Mountains. Colchagua lies southwest of its sister valley with warm vineyards and greater exposure to sea breezes, making it an idyllic home to Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. The Rapel Valley focuses primarily on red wine production, famous for full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Carménère, with bold fruit flavors alongside signature herbal and earthy characteristics. Chile’s Denominación de Origen (DO) classification system focuses on separating wines by the physical location of origin. To use the DO classification on a label, a producer must have pulled 85 percent of the fruit used in a wine from a defined regional location. The DO system names wine regions in the country from north to south.

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