The Carmen Gran Reserva is a blend Carmenère 95% / Cabernet Sauvignon 5%. The wine has a powerful expression of the warm terroir of Apalta, full, intense, rich with a velvety finish, peppery and creamy at the same time. In the nose we have a mix of spiciness, chocolate, tobacco and beautiful fruit, pleasant vanilla, sweet plums and cherries, so typical of the Carmenère grape.

When making the Carmenère Gran Reserva, Carmen has also opted for one vineyard, with an ideal terroir for this grape. It is about Apalta, in the heart of the Colchagua Valley. Apalta was one of the first terroirs to be seen by pioneers like Aurelio Montes as the ideal place for high-class winegrowing. For the first time, the choice was made to plant vineyards on slopes instead of in the flat valley. The grapes ripen more slowly and better, so that the wines acquire a velvety and beautifully deep character. The Peñasco vineyard of Carmen is located in the highest part of Apalta. The poor soil slows down the leaf growth of the sticks and stimulates the ripening of the grapes. At the same time, the temperatures here are high enough for a perfect ripening of the Carmenère. For coloring and preservation of the primary fruit, a week's cold soak at 4-5 ºC. During the fermentation on the skins, a slightly higher temperature was chosen than with the other grapes, around 29 ºC, in order to extract extra flavor from the grapes. This fermentation lasted no less than six weeks. The wine was then aged for 10 months in French oak barrels. A little bit of Cabernet provides some extra spice and firmness in this special red wine.