Garage Wine Co. Garage Wine Co. Cru Truquilemu 2019 750ml

This Cariñena field blend comes from a section of the old Truquilemu vineyard that they have been vinifying for 20 years now and is cultivated with a combination of original methods of cultivating the old vines—i.e., farmed by hand and horse, accompanied by the lens, analysis and scientific ideas of Professor Alvaro Peña and their in-house PhD in viticulture. This is the fruit of precise focus on small pieces of the vineyard, fermented separately in open-top 1,500- and 2,500-kilo lagar fermenters, using punch-downs and more full clusters and stems than in the regular Truquilemu. They use first-class barrels that are third-use or older and age the wines slowly over two winters, but the wines never have any notes from the wood—the barrels act as neutral containers that allow the wines to breath and develop.

The 2019 Carinera Cru Truquilemu Vineyard is also from Empedrado, Maule, and was aged for 2 years in used barrels. Purple in the glass. The complex, attractive nose presents subtle notes of sour cherry, elderberry and other fruit, along with an earthy expression and hints of dried flowers over a bed of spices and wet store. In the mouth, this is medium-bodied with an expansive flow, juicy freshness and mild, fine-grained tannins that lend grip and structure to the palate, keeping the fruity flavors going for an extended period of time. A balanced, energetic wire.<br/><br/>

Beautiful blue fruit here with lots of wild herbs, white pepper, graphite and boysenberries. Flowers and garrigues. This is really soulful and incredibly silky and textured on the palate. Elegantly rendered with soft-spoken fruit quickly dominated by textured, velvety tannins. Impeccable juicy fruit and balance. Drink or hold. (Zekun Shuai)