De Martino Alto de Piedras Carmenere 2018 750ml

Alto de Piedras is part of the Single Vineyard range from De Martino, a family winery in Chile that chooses these wines each year from its family cellar. The producer calls it a Carmenere from the same terroir as the first Chilean Carmenère.

It's 100% Carmenere from Isla de Maipo, in the D.O. Maipo, grown on an alluvial terrace with a lot of gravel; Wine & Spirits describes deep gravel and clay beside the river. The wine ages in 5,000-liter foudres, large old casks rather than small barriques, which keeps oak in the background. It's 14% alcohol.

The producer describes a classic, clean, elegant and well-defined Carmenere. Wine & Spirits named the 2018 a Wine of the Week and, the producer says, put it in its Top 100.

Against De Martino Gallardia Cinsault 2018, Alto de Piedras is the deeper, more structured single-vineyard red; for a bottle to cellar, choose Alto de Piedras.

Wine & Spirits says it has the stamina to age for a decade or more. Pour it with grilled lamb or beef.

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