2007 Alcance Carménère Price: $15.00 - Add to Cart (United States Shipping Only) Highly Recommended – Sommelier Journal, January 2010 Highly Recommended - Colorado Wine News, July 2009 This wine is proof that good wine is made in the vineyards. The color is dark and inky with purple hues. The nose and palate are packed with ripe flavors of red and black fruit, smoked bacon, sweet spices, black pepper and cinnamon. This is a great example of Carménère from the finest blocks at El Maitén. Although our estate vineyard, El Maitén, naturally gives a low crop, we reduce yields further by implemented stringent farming protocols including winter pruning, shoot suckering and fruit thinning (one cluster per shoot). All blocks were harvested independently with each lot being kept separate throughout much of the winemaking process. The grapes were hand sorted twice to ensure perfectly clean and ripe fruit. A five-day, cold pre-soak and an extended maceration helped extract full color and flavor from the grapes. The wine was aged exclusively in French oak barrels, 25% of which were new. Composition: Appellation: Vineyard: Barrel Aging: 80% Carménère, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Merlot, 1% Syrah Maule Valley El Maíten Vineyard 100% French oak (25% new) Download the Product Sheet