GRAPE BIO CARMENERE THE LOST GRAPE PRONOUNCE IT LIKE THIS: BY THE NUMBERS OF BORDEAUX CAR-MEN-AIR Carmenere was widely planted in 1OF 6 PLANTED Bordeaux until Phylloxera wiped ES IN CARMENERE IS ONE R OF SIX ORIGINAL out French viticulture in the mid- A C T OTHER CABERNET H BORDEAUX VARIETALS 1800’s. Luckily, Carmenere vines C I SAUVIGNON L E were brought to Chile before 28% E H 30% Phylloxera. 7.5% 1851 Due to similar leaf and cluster SAUV YEAR CARMENERE CHARDONNAY PAIS BLANC WAS BROUGHT shape, Chileans mistook 8% 7% 11% TO CHILE FROM Carmenere for Merlot... until 1994! MERLOT8.5% FRANCE CARMENERE PICKING THE PERFECT CARMENERE 26 under ripe ripe over ripe YEARS SINCE CARMENERE WAS REDISCOVERED red & black berries jammy - pruney green pepper IN 1994 celery peppercorn charcoal mocha herbaceous flavors roasted pepper flabby mouth feel 6TH FAST FACTS ON CHILE’S SIGNATURE GRAPE LARGEST PRODUCED “Carmenere” comes from the French word for crimson, VARIETAL BY “carmin,” due to the fiery color the leaves turn in fall. VOLUME IN CHILE Chile’s long, dry harvest season is the perfect climate for Carmenere to fully mature. Carmenere is slow-ripening and is the last grape x3 harvested – into May and June in many valleys. CARMENERE VINES IN CHILE HAVE TRIPLED SINCE 2000 (DUE TO DISCOVERY OF MISMARKED VINEYARDS CARMENERE VS. MERLOT AND NEW PLANTINGS) UNDERSIDE HUE HARVEST TIME Young Carmenere leaves have a red Carmenere is harvested up to hue. Merlot’s underside is white. three weeks after Merlot. 10,647 NUMBER OF HECTARES LEAF LOBES FALL COLOR OF CARMENERE IN CHILE Lobes of a Carmenere leaf overlap Carmenere leaves turn fiery red (THAT’S 26,310 ACRES) at the stem. Merlot leaves do not. in fall. Merlot leaves turn yellow. www.vineconnections.com CHILE’S LEADING CARMENERE EXPERTS CARMENERE CUVEE COLCHAGUA CARMENERE MICROTERROIR CARMENERE LINGUES VINEYARD LOS Casa Silva leads the most in-depth R&D on Carmenere in Chile. The Silva family was the first to pioneer the Los Lingues region They have created a ‘clone garden’ of Carmenere cuttings to test of Colchagua, now considered one of the best terroirs in Chile, differences in profiles and genetics in their Los Lingues vineyard. located in the eastern piedmont of the Colchagua Andes. www.vineconnections.com.