Details
- Type: Red
- Country: Chile
- Region: Colchagua Valley
- Vintage: 2014
- Producer: Primus
- Primary grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Secondary grape: Merlot
- Bottle size: 75cl
- Code: 22656
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Awards:
- 2015, Silver Sommelier Wine Awards 2019
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Vegetarian
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Vegan
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Sulphites
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Expression
Oaked, intense, concentrated reds
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Full-flavoured and mature cheeses e.g. Cheddar, Cheshire, Edam, Gouda. Manchego, parmesan, Pont l’Évêque
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Bay leaf, black pepper, chives, mint, nutmeg, rosemary, thyme
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Grilled, roasted, seared, braised game: boar, duck, grouse, pheasant, venison. Beef, lamb
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Full-flavoured cream- or cheese-based sauces e.g. parmesan. Intense wild mushroom, casserole or jus sauces
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Some good combinations are possible with spicy foods but careful experimentation is required
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Usually vegetables will be supporting a full-flavoured meat or dominating sauce. Hearty lentil dishes. Rich, wild mushroom dishes
About the Wine
Merlot
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Merlot produces medium bodied, fleshy, juicy wines with round tannins. Often seen as a single varietal, or in a blend with Cabernet Sauvignon to take the hard edges off. Its grown all over the world and commercially one of the most important red grapes in the on-trade.
Flavours:
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Blueberry
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Cherry
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Chocolate
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Plum
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Vanilla
Cabernet Sauvignon
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A full bodied and powerful grape variety with a lot of tannin. It ages very well and like Merlot is bottled as a single varietal or used to give blended wines ‘backbone’ structure and longevity. Classic flavour characteristics include blackcurrant, black cherry, green pepper, chocolate and cedar wood.
Flavours:
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Black Cherry
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Black Currant
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Cedar
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Chocolate
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Green Peppercorn
The Country
Chile
A viticultural paradise, where vines were introduced by the Spanish in the sixteenth century. A long, narrow country stretching 800 miles from the deserts of the north to the glacial south and it's these valleys and coasts that give the wine its variety.
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