Rating 94
Style Red
Blend , Cabernet Franc, Carménère, Merlot, Petit Corbu
Vintage 2015
Appellation
Rapel Valley
Central Valley
Chile
ABV 14%
Price $17.00 Value Pick  Buy This Wine
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Reviewed 2019-03-19

Perfect For

Dinner Parties, Impressing On A Budget, Long-Term Aging

Drink If You Like

Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère , Merlot

Veramonte Primus The Blend 2015 Review

This wine is powerful. This wine is elegant. It takes a skilled hand to make these two characteristics dance together and Sofia Araya (winemaker) and José Aguirre (agricultural manager) know exactly how to achieve such harmony. This blend is huge, consisting of most of the Bordeaux varieties, while displaying a unique Chilean style, proving these grapes are home here. The awesomeness hits you immediately on the nose with aromas of unctuous seasoned raw meat tinged with mint. After you wrap you brain around how great that is some earthy underbrush (just enough) brings a beetroot white pepper vibe. On the palate this wine is gloriously chewy with firm balanced tannins and a plum aroma for good measure. It is under $20. It’s worth much more.

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Veramonte Primus The Blend 2015
This wine is powerful. This wine is elegant. It takes a skilled hand to make these two characteristics dance together and Sofia Araya (winemaker) and José Aguirre (agricultural manager) know exactly how to achieve such harmony. This blend is huge, consisting of most of the Bordeaux varieties, while displaying a unique Chilean style, proving these grapes are home here. The awesomeness hits you immediately on the nose with aromas of unctuous seasoned raw meat tinged with mint. After you wrap you brain around how great that is some earthy underbrush (just enough) brings a beetroot white pepper vibe. On the palate this wine is gloriously chewy with firm balanced tannins and a plum aroma for good measure. It is under $20. It’s worth much more.

Reviewed On: 03-19-2019
94
POINTS
Veramonte Primus The Blend 2015
This wine is powerful. This wine is elegant. It takes a skilled hand to make these two characteristics dance together and Sofia Araya (winemaker) and José Aguirre (agricultural manager) know exactly how to achieve such harmony. This blend is huge, consisting of most of the Bordeaux varieties, while displaying a unique Chilean style, proving these grapes are home here. The awesomeness hits you immediately on the nose with aromas of unctuous seasoned raw meat tinged with mint. After you wrap you brain around how great that is some earthy underbrush (just enough) brings a beetroot white pepper vibe. On the palate this wine is gloriously chewy with firm balanced tannins and a plum aroma for good measure. It is under $20. It’s worth much more.

Reviewed On: 03-19-2019