Red Grape Variety - Chile Carmenere Grapes

The current Chilean wine, Carmenere brewed wine has become a hot topic in the global wine industry. While some of the comments may be extremely acute while others are extremely keen and curious, it is clear that the controversy of this Chilean grape is setting off a new round of discussions in the global wine industry. Maybe you don't know the story of Camenere in France. In fact, in the 16th century, it was planted extensively in Bordeaux, France. After two times of degeneracy after 1800, and after root nodule worm disease, Carmenere has almost grown in France. The extinction of the garden makes it difficult for people to recall this once-wine grape.

After the Spaniards discovered the New World, and certainly before the outbreak of phyllococci in France, Carmenere was brought to Chile with some excellent grape varieties. After years, Carmenere was treated as a Merlot by Chileans and mixed with the local Merlot Merlot grapes. After many years, it has shown a different kind of taste. In the record of the French wine scholar Jean-Michel Boursiquot, he mentioned the "mysterious" "Merlot Clone" grape of this country. He was just asserting that this was a classical grape that had been missing in France for a long time. DNA analysis confirmed his theory at that time. In 1998, the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture again publicly stated that the Merlot mixed grape found in Chile was a Carmenere grape that had been missing for many years.

After this historic event for wine lovers, the majority of wine traders promoted Carmenere grapes to the ultimate status of Chile’s flagship grapes, a situation similar to that of Malbec grapes in Argentina. Through the quality of marketing and the special brewing by French winemakers, the unique blackberry, coffee and spicy taste are presented. However, this grape variety also has its shortcomings. Carmenere is not easy to mature. It is picking time later than Cabernet Sauvignon plus Ben Suweon. It also comes from Chile's rainy season. If not picked during ripening, the grapes are green and full of vegetable taste. This breed also faces a series of problems at the same time: like fragile branches and lack of proper acidity.

In 2001 Wines & Vines magazine reported the renaissance of the Carmenere Carmen grape, Chilean wine producers are full of expectations and enthusiasm for this variety. However, not all grape growers are willing to promote the grapes that have been reputed for the last two years. Many respondents did not deny the uniqueness and importance of Carmenere grapes in Chile, but they did not believe that brewing this type of wine would be the key to success in the local wine industry.

“My Carmenere grape is still relatively small in my winery and I think Cabernet Sauvignon has more potential in the market,” said the production manager of the Cousino-Macul winery in Maipo Valley. “If you want to grow a good-quality, mature Camembert, you will need to invest twice in the vineyards. He needs a longer maturation time. Of course I have not mentioned that she still needs to cover the rain during the rainy season. Peng, meanwhile, we have to be more meticulous in irrigating her.” But maybe it was worth a try. Rivera added another opportunity to get some of the best from the Carmenere grapes, “If picked at the right time, This can produce a lot of satisfying red wines, with a classic color and structure.” Perhaps the comments of Alfredo Vidarre make people look forward to “I haven’t seen yet one winemaker who is world-class in Carmenere grapes. "The standard," said the executive director of Montes, a Chilean factory, said that the implication is that Carmenere still has a lot of room to grow in terms of brewing. Maybe this is why she has drawn the curiosity and enthusiasm of many wine lovers in the world. The Montes Distillery has formed an advanced wine series made from Carmen grapes, which generally takes 3 years of aging to be available.

According to Ricardo Rodregez, general manager of vineyards and vineyards at the Santa Rita winery, the problem of maturity is not the biggest difficulty facing Carmenere grapes. "Her roots are weak and more susceptible to pest attacks. This is why many Carmenre grapes need to be grafted on certain American grape roots to mature. Among the total area of ​​4702 acres of vineyards in Santa Rita, Carmenere grapes only This accounted for 179 acres, but it has been the mainstream: Cabernet Sauvignon Gabon Sauvignon has reached 2237 acres, Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot Merlot accounted for 551 acres and 704 acres, respectively.

Rene Vasques Alarcon, from the Veramonte Winery in Casablanca, believes that Carmenere grapes are playing an important role in the Chilean wine scene, although she has not yet become a star. “In my opinion, Carmenere is a grape full of mystery and outstanding personality for the world outside of Chile, but I don’t think that Carmenere will be the only grape of Chilean wine. Carmen’s performance in all aspects It is getting better, but we must pay the same attention to other outstanding grape varieties in Chile.In my winery Veramonte, I am also confident in Merlot. Both Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon have been well planted and we are constantly improving. Planting methods, of course, I will not forget the potential embodied in the Pinot Nior.” Although Alarcon thinks that the Carmenere grape “is not multi-faceted”, he does not deny that Carmenere can also produce good results as a blended grape. Alarcon used to blend Carmen grapes with Primus, a blend of the main grapes of Gabben Sauvignon and Merlot. I took some adventures in this wine and used Carmenere to strike out the potential for potentiality in the wines of Gabben Sauvignon and Merlot. “I feel that the Camembert grape can well expand the complex structure of the wine body and add some soft tannin taste and excellent fragrant taste and spice taste. We (Chile) have a unique climate and soil, which is for growing red wine grapes It is quite advantageous. For each grape variety, we can find the best valleys to open up the vineyards. In these selected production areas, I am confident that we can get the best grapes. We really need some courage to make some of them. A wine of unique personality. Although it is not easy to make an excellent Carmenere wine, I am still willing to try it."

Is it true that consumers in the Chinese market will soon accept this unique grape? According to an importer's explanation, only some of the top (Casa Lapostolle, Veramonte, Santa Rita) wineries have the qualification to produce quality Carmenere wines. If we want to make a grape to establish a stable reputation in the market, I think for 10 years. Or 15 years is a must, just as Argentina’s Malbec has established a reputation in the world. However, it is interesting to see that the Carmenere series at the Santa Rita Winery has been widely respected in China and many newspaper articles have mentioned this unique wine. It seems that only time can tell whether Carmenere is a classic grape with a stable power to capture wine lovers worldwide. Perhaps what we need is to inject more confidence into the Chilean brewers to discover and perfect this ancient grape from Bordeaux, so that it can recreate the classic grace of the year in today's colorful world wine stage.

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