Primus The Blend, Apalta, Colchagua Valley
Details
- Type: Red
- Country: Chile
- Region: Colchagua Valley
- Vintage: 2017
- Producer: Veramonte(MC)
- Primary grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Secondary grape: Merlot
- Tertiary grape: Carmenère
- Bottle size: 75cl
- Pack size: 75 cl x 6
- Code: 22656
About the Wine
Merlot
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Merlot produces medium bodied, fleshy, juicy wines with round tannins. Often seen as a single varietal, or in a blend with Cabernet Sauvignon to take the hard edges off. Its grown all over the world and commercially one of the most important red grapes in the on-trade.
Flavours:
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Blueberry
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Cherry
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Chocolate
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Plum
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Vanilla
Cabernet Sauvignon
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A full bodied and powerful grape variety with a lot of tannin. It ages very well and like Merlot is bottled as a single varietal or used to give blended wines ‘backbone’ structure and longevity. Classic flavour characteristics include blackcurrant, black cherry, green pepper, chocolate and cedar wood.
Flavours:
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Black Cherry
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Black Currant
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Cedar
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Chocolate
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Green Peppercorn
The Country
Chile
A viticultural paradise, where vines were introduced by the Spanish in the sixteenth century. A long, narrow country stretching 800 miles from the deserts of the north to the glacial south and it's these valleys and coasts that give the wine its variety.
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