Torres Finca Negra Carmenere Reserva Fair Trade

Torres Finca Negra Carmenere Reserva Fair Trade, from Central Valley Chile. This wine is an example of what can be achieved through selection and demanding quality. After several years of experimentation, Miguel Torres presents his first ever wine made from the Carmenère variety to which a small percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon is added that provides structure and longer life. De wijn heeft een prachtige kersenrode kleur en de fijne aroma’s (zwarte bessen, cassis) met tonen van balsamiek (eucalyptus) culmineren in een heerlijk vleugje van mandarijn. The palate is elegant, with soft and fruity tannins that provide nuances of leather and spice (licorice, black pepper, nutmeg). Aged in French oak, the wine has a pleasant background of toast and vanilla.

Cabernet Sauvignon is best known in Bordeaux where, together with merlot and cabernet franc, it produces high-class wines. It needs a lot of heat to ripen, otherwise it will become green and juicy with a taste of green pepper. Too much heat makes it soft and jammy, with a blackcurrant flavor. Cabernet Sauvignon produces very aromatic wines with scents of blackcurrant, vanilla, spices (pepper), tobacco, plum, cherry, toasted bread and cedar. The wines usually have a long shelf life, have a lot of tannin and in principle have to mature in barriques. By applying modern vinification techniques, young wines can now also be drinkable quickly. In general, the wines have a high phenol content, they are purple (young) or dark red (old) and have a lot of strength and structure. Cabernet Sauvignon can be found all over the world. Wherever someone wants to make a ‘serious’ wine, cabernet sauvignon is planted. Carmenère: a high quality blue grape. Originally comes from Bordeaux, but completely disappeared from Europe at the end of the 19th century due to the attack of the grape aphid (Phylloxera). The grape is also called carmenet. Because Chile is completely Phylloxera free, carmenère can thrive in the climate of Chile. The grape produces little yield, but produces wines of great class.