Terra Noble Carmenere 2017

A while ago, a French winemaker was visiting Chile's vineyards. Striding imperiously through the vineyards and inspecting some grapes he declared 'No you peasants, this is not Merlot'.

It was an old Bordeaux red grape variety called Carménère. In fact, Chile had thus far been bottling this grape and labelling it as Merlot. The visitor strode off into the sunset feeling very smug indeed, but Chilean winemakers had the last laugh.

Carménère is a beautiful wine in its own right. It's full bodied, jam packed with raspberry and chocolate flavours and slightly spicy on the finish. It's since become one of this nation's most successful red wines and now a signature grape variety.

Vina TerraNoble's winemaker, Marcelo Garcia has a gastronomic background as a chef and he leads this family owned vineyard with the philosophy 'There is no perfect meal without a good wine.' He underlines the principle that great wines come from quality grapes. Furthermore, Marcelo believes these grapes must characterise the local climate and regions in which they are grown.

Terra Noble was established in 1993, based in the Maule valley, one of Chile's most prized wine making areas.