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viña tarapacá was founded in 1874 in an exceptional setting near the cordillera, at the foot of a volcano surrounded by mountains and the maipo river. located some fifty kilometres south of santiago, hacienda tarapacá was successively renamed "viña de rojas" after the name of the creator don francisco de rojas y salamanca, "viña zavala", and now "viña tarapacá, ex zavala". in 1992, viña tarapacá was bought by the compañía chilena de fósforos group, which made numerous investments. in this land of volcanic origin, its vineyard extends over 600 hectares between isla de maipo and talagente, in a terroir comparable to that of the bordeaux region; here the vines are grown using a drip irrigation system at the source of the maipo river. today, the domaine also vinifies cuvées from different terroirs, to which the most suitable grape varieties have been adapted. this process of authentication between terroirs and the best associated grape varieties is developing more and more in chile. viña tarapacá has a first winery dedicated to chardonnay, with about 1500 french oak barrels, the second one dedicated to red wines with more than 3500 american and french oak barrels. the estate also has its own wine museum, as well as a tuscan-style mansion built in 1927, bordered by a 10-hectare park. the gran reserva carmenère 2017 shows much more oak than the regular gran reserva. this is also from a warmer, riper year, with riper fruit that seems to have absorbed the wood in a different way and is less integrated. this is a ripe, spicy carmenere with lots of oak and a palate dominated by tannins and oak flavours.
Country
Chile
Zone
Maipo valley
Appelation
Maipo valley
Producer
Tarapaca
Colour
Red wine
Grape variety
Carménère
Volume
75 cl
Degree
13
Agriculture
Conventional agriculture
Parker
Nr
Note vinous
90
Vintage
2017
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