2010 Viña William Fèvre, La Misión, Carménère Reserva

2010 Viña William Fèvre, La Misión, Carménère Reserva

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2010 Viña William Fèvre, La Misión, Carménère Reserva

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William Fèvre was one of the first in a now long list of European vignerons attracted to the benevolent climate and pure soils of Chile.  La Mision as a name always reminds me of the beautifully photographed South American film of the 1980s and this one comes from suitably panoramic vineyards in the high Maipo Valley; the grapes have been hand-harvested and matured for six months in both French and American barrels.

This is bench-mark Carmenère, combining rich notes of black fruits (mulberry, blackcurrant and the rest of them) with a distinctive peppery flourish and a fresh, almost eucalypt, finish.
Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer

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Carménère

Carménère

Chile is the bastion of the Carménère grape today but during the early19th century it was one of the most widely cultivated grape varieties in the Médoc and Graves regions of Bordeaux where it was a valued blending partner of Cabernet Franc. However its susceptibility to the twin evils of phylloxera and oidium led to growers uprooting it in the 1860s and replacing it with better yielding grape varieties such as Merlot.

It was first introduced in Chile (where it is also known as Grand Vidure) in the 19th century where it thrived on the country’s phylloxera-free vineyards, as most of its vines are planted on native rootstock. For a long time it stayed in obscurity, as it was mixed with Merlot plantings in the vineyards but now is being identified, vinified and labelled separately.

In Chile it accounts nowadays for about 8,000 hectares or 8 percent of the national vineyard and it is typically blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, imparting succulent and luxurious fuitness. Many of the country’s flagship wines, such as these from Almaviva, Neyen, and Seña, incorporate judicious proportions of Carménère in blends. It is increasingly being bottled as a single varietal wine. Carmen and De Martino were two of the first wineries to champion the grape as the signature varietal of Chile.

Carménère wines are deeply coloured and are usually well structured with smooth, well-rounded tannins, and ripe berry fruit flavours. Cooler climate regions, like the coastal Limari in Chile, produce an earthy, leaner, more elegant style with crunchy red fruit and green pepper flavours. Warmer climates, like in Maipo, give concentrated, heady wines, inky-coloured and with opulent notes of dark chocolate, soy sauce and black pepper.

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