Oddbins Wine Merchant - Doña Dominga Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenère

Doña Dominga Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenère
Euro 8.69
(20% discount for 12 mixed bottles)

Ripe Carmenère in evidence here, and it's absolutely critical to the success of the blend. The wine has a real freshness about it; juicy and quite full-bodied with lots of blackberry and blackcurrant flavours plus roasted coffee and a slightly herbaceous note coming through on the finish. Again Mario Geiss gets good complexity and weight into the wine.

Tasting Notes : Bright ruby colour with good intensity. Very clean aromas of red fruits, blackberries and black pepper. On the palate it is rich and smooth with the fruit flavours coming through again.
Producer : Casa Silva
Method of Production : Handpicked estate-grown grapes (some from vines dating back to 1912) were destemmed, crushed and cold macerated for six to ten days. Fermentation occurred over 16 days in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, after which the wine was allowed to remain in contact with the skins for a further two days. The wine was then racked to tank where it went through malolactic conversion and a period of maturation. The wine was fined, filtered then bottled.

Vintage : 2006
Food Choice : Try with beignets d'aubergine (a kind of lightly battered fritter) with a tomato salsa for dipping.
Grape Mix : 70% Cabernet Sauvignon 30%"