Vina tarapaca Gran reserva carmenere 2022

Meet Vina Tarapaca's Carmenère: a dry red wine hailing from Chile from the 2022 vintage. About the grape — Carmenère is a red grape now most associated with Chile, producing soft, medium-bodied wines with ripe dark fruit and a distinctive green-peppercorn, herbal note. Chile is winemaking heaven — a long ribbon of vineyards tucked between the Andes and the Pacific, giving famously clean, fruit-filled, easy-to-love wines. The 'Reserva' on the label usually means it's a step-up selection given a little extra aging before release. Pour it with weeknight pasta, roast chicken or a cheese plate and you're golden. Pop it open at cool room temperature — a brief chill on a hot day doesn't hurt.