variety
45% Petite Syrah , 25% Petit Verdot 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Carmenère, 5% Malbec.
color
Deep ruby red color with violet hues.
bouquet
Red fruit scented nose of currants and sarsaparilla, notes of blackcurrant and plum, along with delicate hints of cedar, graphite, and blond tobacco.
aging
1 year en oak Barrels and 12 month in fudres.
appellation
Cachapoal Valley
taste
Nimble on the entry, revealing good volume in the mid palate and a delicious combination of freshness and roundness. Its fine tannins complement the oak very well, resulting in a powerful wine with long persistence and great aging potential.
CELLARING POTENTIAL
10 to 20 years.
PAIRING SUGGESTIONS
Grilled pork chops with chickpea and squash purée, beef steak with scalloped potatoes, hard cheeses such as Comte and Gruyere.
VSC
VSC embodies the philosophy and enological style of Santa Carolina. An icon wine of powerful personality and great concentration. Every new vintage of VSC seeks to offer new expressions of the world’s best grape varietals now well settled in the terroirs of Chile’s central zone.
- 93pts
- James Suckling
- 2020
- 92pts
- Wine Enthusiast
- 2020
- 93pts
- James Suckling
- 2019
- 91pts
- Wine Enthusiast
- 2019
- 94pts
- Decanter World Wine Awards
- 2018
- 94pts
- James Suckling
- 2018
- 93pts
- Descorchados
- 2018
- 94pts
- Descorchados
- 2017
- 94pts
- Tim Atkin
- 2017
- 94pts
- Wine Enthusiast
- 2017
- 93pts
- Wine Enthusiast
- 2015
- 92pts
- James Suckling
- 2015
- 93pts
- James Suckling
- 2020
- 92pts
- Wine Enthusiast
- 2020
- 93pts
- James Suckling
- 2019
- 91pts
- Wine Enthusiast
- 2019
- 94pts
- Decanter World Wine Awards
- 2018
- 94pts
- James Suckling
- 2018
- 93pts
- Descorchados
- 2018
- 94pts
- Descorchados
- 2017
- 94pts
- Tim Atkin
- 2017
- 94pts
- Wine Enthusiast
- 2017
- 93pts
- Wine Enthusiast
- 2015
- 92pts
- James Suckling
- 2015
variety
45% Petite Syrah , 25% Petit Verdot 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Carmenère, 5% Malbec.
color
Deep ruby red color with violet hues.
bouquet
Red fruit scented nose of currants and sarsaparilla, notes of blackcurrant and plum, along with delicate hints of cedar, graphite, and blond tobacco.
aging
1 year en oak Barrels and 12 month in fudres.
appellation
Cachapoal Valley
taste
Nimble on the entry, revealing good volume in the mid palate and a delicious combination of freshness and roundness. Its fine tannins complement the oak very well, resulting in a powerful wine with long persistence and great aging potential.
CELLARING POTENTIAL
10 to 20 years.
PAIRING SUGGESTIONS
Grilled pork chops with chickpea and squash purée, beef steak with scalloped potatoes, hard cheeses such as Comte and Gruyere.
Expert
review
VSC- ASSEMBLAGE 2020 -93PTS
“An easy, crisp rosé with light red berries, rosewater and pink cherries. Simple and fresh, with a light to medium body and a clean, rather short finish. Drink now.”
VSC – ASSEMBLAGE 2020 -92PTS
" Hailing from the Cachapoal Valley, this wine greets the senses with rich aromas of ripe plums and paprika. Fine tannins provide support to flavors of strawberry jam, accented by subtle hints of wood spices. The result is a smooth blend with a long finish. Viña Santa Carolina."
VSC- ASSEMBLAGE 2019 -93PTS
"A hedonistic delivery full of plush dark fruit, blackberries, dark chocolate, black figs and cedar. A rich and opulent style with a full-bodied palate and an attack of fresh acidity. Tannins are firm, round and creamy. A big wine that will go very well with steak. 45% petite sirah, 25% petit verdot, 15% cabernet sauvignon, 10% carmenere and 5% malbec. Drink or hold."
Original wine from
Valle de Cachapoal
Original wine from
Valle de Cachapoal
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soil
Deep granite soil and sharp temperature differences between day and night combine to produce Carmenère grapes with great fruit expression and excellent color.
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climate
This valley has a temperate Mediterranean climate with a long dry season and rainfall concentrated mainly in winter. These conditions, however, vary according to the topography and location within the valley. Our vineyard is located in the central part of the valley
