Odfjell Carmenere Armador 2018

Here’s a beautiful carmenere that shows what the grape can do when it achieves full ripeness, without retaining any of the vegetal aromas.

A cornucopia of black fruit and delicate spice. Mouth-filling yet fresh with elegant tannins, threaded through the long, polished, dry finish. Drink or hold.

The grapes were picked and the bunches were destemmed but not crushed. The whole berries then underwent a cold maceration at 14oC for four to six days prior to fermentation in 40,000-liter tanks using selected and native yeasts, followed by a 10-day post-fermentation maceration at 25oC. Malolactic fermentation took place spontaneously in tanks.