2018
Am Organic Carmenere Reserva
90 POINTS
2018
Am Organic Carmenere Reserva
90 POINTS
Vineyard
LOCATION :
Maipo Valley, ChileSt. Stephen Organic Vineyards lies within the same 50 miles' latitude range as the best vineyards of the southern hemisphere, including the Barossa Valley, Australia, Mendoza, Argentina, and Stellenbosch, South Africa.
WATER SOURCE : Andean snow melt, deep well, drip irrigation
SOIL : Dark, rich, volcanic soil. Flat terrain. Good drainage.
CLIMATE : Warm, sunny days promote ideal growth, and cool nights slow the conversion of stored sugars.
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION : CERES Certification of Environmental Standards, GmbH
HARVEST : Grapes are selected and harvested by hand in April, 2018. Grapes sorted by quality into small bins in the field.
Tasting Note
In Mapuche, the native language of pre-colonial Chile, the word Am means “beautiful spirit”. We thought this a good name for this wine.
This varietal disappeared from Médoc after the outbreak of phylloxera in the mid-nineteenth century. It reappeared in Chile at the end of the 20th century.
This wine has a beautiful intense, dark red violet color, pleasant aromas of fruit on the nose, ripe and fresh, medium intensity, pleasant mouth, medium soft body, pleasant tannins that give it complexity, firm, with good gray, spices such as black pepper, balanced on the pallet, with a good acidity ratio.
Production Technique
WINEMAKER : José Antonio Bravo von Bischoffshausen
PROCESS : Alcoholic fermentation is carried out in a stainless steel tank, for approximately 13 days, with a regimen of 2 pump-overs per day, no correction of acidity. The wine is then transferred to French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation. The process finishes with a cleanup and addition of sulfites.
AGING : 6 months in French oak barrels, 33% new oak
BOTTLING DATE : November, 2018
ANALYSIS :
Alcohol Content 13.2% by Volume
Residual Sugar 2.59 g/L
pH 3.52
Total SO2 0.044 g/LPACKAGING :
Bottle 750 ml, Natural cork, Bar code 856317004190
Case 12 Bottles, Bar code 10856317004197Review
Reviewer: Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis, Planet Grape LLC
Review Dates: September 21-24, 2021, San Francisco, CA
Day One: Bright, nearly opaque, ruby with a light garnet rim. Viscous. Immediately earthy with notes of moss, mulch, dried herbs, mint leaf. Fruits follow including plum, fig and cherry, then oak notes of cumin, cedar and vanilla. Medium bodied, lightly chewy and dry, with a long but finely grainy finish.
Day Two: Fruit forward with inviting notes of cherry pie along with oak notes of maple, clove and cinnamon. More supple with 24 hours aeration, still finely chewy, and dry.
Day Three: Here it is – raspberry, cherry, mulberry boysenberry, and, bay leaf, sage leaf, fennel seed and cumin. Really supple, fresh, balanced and dry.
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