Name: Garage Wine Co. Carignan Field Blend "Cru Truquilemu" 2020 750ml
Brand: Garage Wine Co.
SKU: 1009337
Price: 65.94 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 94.3 (4 reviews)

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Varietal

Carignan

Carignan is an ancient blue-skinned grape varietal, thought to be indigenous to the Aragon region of Spain. However, today it is most commonly associated with the fine wines of southern France, and has been grown in many countries around the world which have the warm and dry conditions it requires to thrive. Carignan is recognized as being quite a sensitive vine, highly susceptible to all kinds of rot and mildew, although producing excellent results when given the right conditions and handled correctly. Its high tannin levels and acidity make the Carignan grapes very astringent, and as such, they are often used as a blending grape to give body to other, lesser bodied varietals. Despite this, with careful treatment, Carignan can produce superb single varietal wines packed full of character and unique attributes.

Country

Chile

Chile has a long and rich wine history which dates back to the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century, who were the first to discover that the wonderful climate and fertile soils of this South American country were ideal for vine cultivation. It has only been in the past forty or fifty years, however, that Chile as a modern wine producing nation has really had an impact on the rest of the world. Generally relatively cheap in price,Whilst being widely regarded as definitively 'New World' as a wine producing country, Chile has actually been cultivating grapevines for wine production for over five hundred years. The Iberian conquistadors first introduced vines to Chile with which to make sacramental wines, and although these were considerably different in everything from flavor, aroma and character to the wines we associate with Chile today, the country has a long and interesting heritage when it comes to this drink. Chilean wine production as we know it first arose in the country in the mid to late 19th century, when wealthy landowners and industrialists first began planting vineyards as a way of adopting some European class and style. They quickly discovered that the hot climate, sloping mountainsides and oceanic winds provided a perfect terroir for quality wines, and many of these original estates remain today in all their grandeur and beauty, still producing the wines which made the country famous.

Region

Valle Central

Chile is a fascinating country when it comes to wines and viticulture, and by far the most internationally renowned wine region in the country is the Valle Central. This expansive valley is located close to the Chilean capital of Santiago, and stretches between the Maipo Valley and Maule Valley, a long, winding fault through the mountainous regions of the country which is now almost completely covered by vineyards producing wines of exquisite character. The region itself may well be associated with the 'New World' of wines, but in actual fact, vineyards have been cultivated around the Maipo valley since the 16th century, when settlers from Europe brought vines across the ocean with which to make sacramental wines. A wide range of grape varietals thrive in the hot climate of Valle Central, from the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot vines the country is most famous for, to Syrah, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Carmenere.

Appellation

Maule

WA 97pts

Wine Advocate

The 2020 Cru Truquilemu is a Cariñena field blend with Syrah that comes from a low-yielding section of the old Truquilemu Vineyard that they have been vinifying for years and cultivated with a combination of original methods for cultivating the old vines—i.e., farmed by hand and horse, accompanied by the analysis and scientific ideas of Professor Alvaro Peña, who is a Garage partner and their in-house PhD in viticulture. It fermented in open-top 1,500- and 2,500-kilo lagar fermenters, using punch-downs and more stems than in the regular Truquilemu. They use first-class barrels that are third-use or older and age the wines slowly over two winters. It has 12.8% alcohol and very good freshness and acidity. This is always one of the highlights of the portfolio, and in 2020, it's no exception; it's elegant, clean and floral and with no traces of excess, subtle, more closed than other 2020s, serious and simply terrific, transcending the vintage. 5,233 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.

VM 97pts

Vinous Media

The 2020 Cariñena Truquilemu Vineyard contains a dash of 6% Syrah, both from Empedrado, Maule, and was aged for 2 winters in used French barrels. Purple in the glass. The sour cherry and caramel nose contains hints of dried flowers over a bed of pomegranate jam. Dry and compact in the mouth, the polished, finely grained tannins are supported by a taut, juicy acidity, and throat-tickling feel. A mouth-watering, cleansing red with a long, nuanced finish.

JS 94pts

James Suckling

Asphalt, ripe blueberries, sweet blackberries and dried herbs. Ample and juicy on the palate with firm, dusty tannins. Very fresh, concentrated and broad. Lots of acidity that contrasts with the weight of the wine. Drink or hold.

WS 89pts

Wine Spectator

A rather compact red, with loam and licorice accents giving way to ripe fig and dried cherry flavors. There's still a good measure of acidity that carries things onto the finish. Drink now. 550 cases made, 200 cases imported.

Winery Notes

• 95% Cariñena & 5% Syrah. • Ancestral farming by hand and horse. • Quartz, silty sandy granitic soils. • Hand harvested. • Cariñena and Syrah are co-fermented. • Fermented with indigenous yeast in open-top fermenters, with light hand punch downs. • Aged for 2 years in old oak from various cooperages.

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Garage Wine Co. Carignan Field Blend “Cru Truquilemu” 2020 750ml