Antiyal Pura Fe Carmenere 2023
Antiyal Pura Fe Carmenere 2023
- 2023
- 750ml
- Red
- 14.5%
- Carmenere
- Carmenere
- Antiyal
- Maipo Valley
- Chile
- Vintage: 2023
- Size: 750ml
- Type: Red
- Alcohol: 14.5%
- Varietal: Carmenere
- Grapes: Carmenere
- Winery: Antiyal
- Region: Maipo Valley
- Country: Chile
Antiyal, was started way back in the 90s, in Maipo Valley in Chile by couple Alvaro and Marina Espinoza. They've got a little farm-like system where the animals help out by providing fertilizer, and everything just works together like a small, self-sustaining ecosystem. Alvaro is a big deal in Chile for bringing biodynamic winemaking to the table and for making some seriously good Carmenere wines.
When they pick the grapes, it's all done by hand. Then, they throw them into small steel tanks to let them ferment with indigenous yeast. After that, the wine chills out for 25 days. Once it's all done fermenting, the wine is aged in used French oak barrels for about 10 months.
Pura Fe Carmenere has got a dark, deep color, and it smells like a mix of a fruit salad with blackcurrant, blackberry, blueberry, a touch of violet, some licorice, cocoa, and sweet spices. When you take a sip, it's rich and smooth, with a hint of freshness that keeps things from getting too heavy. The finish is long and tastes like mocha, lingering on your taste buds. It is a wine that you can totally enjoy now or save for later. If you wanna get the full taste experience, maybe let it breathe for about an hour and pair it with a big plate of braised red meat or a juicy steak.
Antiyal Pura Fe Carmenere 2023










overall i had a positive experience, they have a wide range of wines, some which are hard to find anywhere else - the main reason i still buy from them, plus the discounts are fair and often, but... their codes for the first offer only works at the first offer, which if fine, but then why would you send me the voucher in each package i order, why spam me on the email and every time i log in on the website? this is really bothering me... then their rewards points system is useless, first of all because you only get peanuts even after spending €250 on an order, but even those peanuts will expire if you won't order again soon, which is unfair, to say the least... and lastly, if you get a corked wine, a wine with any deffect or a wine that leaked (my last order contained a bottle of $100 Caymus Cabernet with a leaking cork, which made the wine tasted cooked and flat), they have no procedure put in place for you to replace or return the wine or to get a refund or replacement - none, which is a big no no no for any wine collector... so all in all i give it 3 stars for now