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History and Wines of Carménère in Chile

Carmenère is a red grape variety originally from France's Bordeaux region. It was brought to Chile in the 1850s where it thrived due to Chile's warmer climate. For many years, Carmenère vines in Chile were mistakenly identified as Merlot since the two varieties look similar. In 1994, French ampelographer Jean-Michel Boursiquot used DNA analysis to definitively identify Carmenère in Chile. The first pure Carmenère wine was produced in Chile in 1996. The document then lists 10 Chilean wines available in a Peruvian market, providing the winery name, wine name and type, origin, grape varieties, and price for each.

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History and Wines of Carménère in Chile

Carmenère is a red grape variety originally from France's Bordeaux region. It was brought to Chile in the 1850s where it thrived due to Chile's warmer climate. For many years, Carmenère vines in Chile were mistakenly identified as Merlot since the two varieties look similar. In 1994, French ampelographer Jean-Michel Boursiquot used DNA analysis to definitively identify Carmenère in Chile. The first pure Carmenère wine was produced in Chile in 1996. The document then lists 10 Chilean wines available in a Peruvian market, providing the winery name, wine name and type, origin, grape varieties, and price for each.

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Wi e f Chile

1. Look for other names for Carmenére.

Grande Vidure, carmenelle, cabernelle, carméneyre, bouton blanc

2. History about the Carmenére in Chile: how it was discovered? Who?

Carménère has been cultivated in Chile since 1850. In Chile, the sensitivity of the vine to the
cool European weather is not important. The thermometer rarely falls below 10°C on summer
nights. Since Carménère and Merlot vines are very similar in appearance, vines imported from
France were usually planted in Chile in "mixed stands". Because the grape variety almost
completely disappeared in France due to the phylloxera plague, the name Carménère fell into
oblivion at the beginning of the 20th century. From then on, the Chilean vines were considered
a variant of Merlot because of their similarity. However, no one could explain the clear
difference in taste between Merlot wines from Chile and those from other countries.

The French ampelographer Jean-Michel Boursiquot was able to eliminate this mistake
definitively in 1994 by DNA analysis. The first pure Carménère wine was produced by the
Chilean winery "Carmen" only in 1996, my year of birth.

3. Select 10 wines from Chile that you can find at the peruvian market. Indicate:
Shop, Winery, Name and Category, Origin, Grapes, Price. All are from WONG, I
don kno an o he place to find a vine selection.

Name &
Winery Origin Grape Price
Category
De Martino Las Cruces Valle de Malbec Carmenere 169 PEN
Cachapoal, Chile
De Martino Estate Valle de Carmenere 97 PEN
Reserva Cachapoal, Chile
Morande Gran Reserva Valle de Sauvignon Blanc 75 PEN
Casablanca
Montes Alpha Montes Alpha Valle de Chardonnay 115 PEN
Casablanca
Montes Classic Valle de Sauvignon Blanc 56 PEN
Casablanca
Kidia Merlot Rosé loncomilla valley Merlot 42 PEN
chile
Caballo Loco Grand Cru Maipo Valle del Maipo, 79% Cabernet 219 PEN
Chile Sauvignon/ 21%
Cabernet Franc
Errazuriz Max Reserva Valle de Cabernet 113 PEN
aconcagua chile Sauvignon
Sentidos Sentidos Edición Valle de Maule Carmenére, Syrah, 99 PEN
Limitada Carignan
Matetic Corralillo Valle de San Cabernet Franc, 109 PEN
Antonio Malbec, Syrah

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