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Ungrafted, Carmenere, 2023

Red Wine from Chile, Chile
by Ungrafted
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Ungrafted is a modern Chilean wine project dedicated to showcasing high-quality fruit from ungrafted vines—rare in a world where phylloxera devastated most vineyards. This bottling is 100% Carménère. It's juicy and medium-bodied, with black cherry, plum, and blackberry fruit layered with herbal notes of bell pepper, tobacco leaf, and spice. Silky tannins and fresh acidity keep it lively.

Carménère can often be heavy and overripe, but Ungrafted’s version is vibrant and balanced, showing the grape’s potential for elegance.

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Antonio Galloni

93 points

"The 2023 Carménère Ungrafted hails from Isla de Maipo. Aged for 10 months in used barrels and oak foudres, this purple wine reveals aromas of ash, white pepper, plums and blackberry against a backdrop of cedar. Dry, juicy and compact due to its fine, faintly reactive tannins, it flows with energy and a polished texture. This long-lasting, flavorful Carménère is crafted in a sincere style." —Joaquín Hidalgo

More about Ungrafted

Ungrafted is named for something only a few wine countries can claim: vines growing on their own roots. Chile has never had phylloxera, so its vines don't need rootstock, and this range from the De Martino family is built entirely from own-rooted vines.

De Martino goes back to 1934, when Italian immigrant Pietro De Martino founded the winery at Isla de Maipo. Fourth-generation brothers Marco Antonio and Sebastián De Martino run it today. It was the first winery to export Chilean Carmenère, in 1996. Around 2011 it dropped new oak and switched to native-yeast fermentation across the range, a big turn toward freshness.

The Maipo wines, Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère, come from the family's Santa Inés vineyard on Isla de Maipo, an island where the Maipo River splits, planted on deep gravel left by the old riverbed. The Old Vines Cinsault comes from granite slopes at Guarilihue in Itata, one of Chile's oldest wine regions, where ungrafted vines over 40 years old are worked by hand and horse. Fermentation is with wild yeast, and aging is in older barrels and concrete. The wines are fresh, honest and food-friendly, and great value.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Carmenere

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

Varietals

Carmenere

Varietal Notes

Carmenere and Cabernet Franc

Vineyard

Santa Inés Vineyard, De Martino family, Isla de Maipo (Maipo Valley). The average age of the vines is 25-30 years old.

Orientation

east/west

Soil

gravel soils, an old deposit of the Maipo river

Viticulture

Sustainable Farming. Hand harvest

Vinification

Grapes are sorted and destemmed and then fermented in stainless steel with wild yeast.

Aging

Post fermentation the wine is moved to neutral barrels to rest for a few months before going into 5,000 l foudres for aging for 12 months.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled lamb chops, Beef steaks, Roasted duck, Pepper-crusted meat, Spiced beef stew

Tasting Profile

Ungrafted Carmenere displays dark plum, blackberry, and cherry aromas with pepper, spice, and herbal notes. Medium-plus body with structured tannins and good acidity; the finish is long with dark fruit and mineral complexity.