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Alcance Carmenère

Calina

Chile

Fact sheet

Type
Other
Grape
Carmenère
Country
Chile
Appellation
Maule Valley
Body
full
Acidity
medium
Tannin
medium
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

red meats · roast lamb · barbecue · aged cheeses

Rated vintages

  • 200686 pts

    A warm, uncomplicated wine. The nose delivers oak and aromas of balsamic dressing, pencil shavings and chunky blackberry. Chunky is also the best way to describe the palate, which emphasizes blackberry, cherry and plum. Size is both the wine's virtue and bane, and in the final c…

  • 200590 pts

    The Calina label seems to have hit its stride; this Carmenère opens with scents of black fruit, dill sprigs and chocolate. The palate broadens with olive, plum, blackberry and coffee flavors, and as a whole it comes together with a certain ease that announces it's on the money.