“For years much Chilean ‘Merlot’ was actually Carménère, and the variety has gone on to become something of a major selling point. The widely-available $8 Reserva from Casillero del Diablo is a good mid-week introduction, but if you want to see how good the grape can be in Chile, this is magnificent: sage and thyme wrapped in silky plum fruit, it’s complex but not overworked.”
— Pix, Sep 2021

“CA2 hails from coastal Lolol and is picked seven days earlier than CA1. It’s a bigger, bolder weightier Carmenère that has more tannin and concentration if a little less finesse. Perfumed, serious and intense, with deftly handled mocha oak, black cherry and blackberry fruit and a grassy undertone.”
— Tim Atkin, MW, Mar 2020