Carinena 'CRU Truquilemu'

Score

97

"The 2020 Cari¤ena 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."

Score

97+

"The 2020 Cru Truquilemu is a Cari¤ena 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 Pe¤a, 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."