Undurraga, Terroir Hunter (T.H) Carmenère, Peumo, Cachapoal Valley, Chile 2018

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Tasted by: Olly Smith
(at Winter warmers 2022 tasting, 31 Jul 2022)
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2026
Lovely sweet core goes right through from start to finish. Does what Carmenère does brilliantly well, delivering similar sensibilities to evolving Bordeaux from a warm vintage but amped up in a quintessentially Chilean style. Lots of deep, dark fruit wafting out of the glass. Plenty of tobacco, blackcurrant fruit pastille underneath that, rippling with intense charisma. Gorgeous seamless crackle of pepper through it as well. Really alive. Silky voluptuous fruity palate with an impressive strata which feels somehow energised. A finish that’s very fine indeed with a wonderful spicy flourish. A good price for a great wine, harnessing a low-yielding plot of ungrafted vines planted in 1998 on the western side of the Valle de Cachapoal, this is great work from talented winemaker and prime vineyard hunter Rafael Urrejola.
Undurraga, Terroir Hunter (T.H) Carmenère, Peumo, Cachapoal Valley, Chile 2018
Producer
Undurraga
Brand
Terroir Hunter (T.H) Carmenère
Vintage
2018
Wine Type
Still
Colour
Red
Country
Chile
Region
Cachapoal Valley
Appellation
Peumo
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Cork
Alcohol
14.00%
Body
Medium
Oak
Oaked
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