Santa Rita Medalla Real Gran Reserva Carmenere 13.5% abv 75cl Montepulciano A sustainably-produced vodka from North

A sustainably-produced vodka from North Yorkshire's Ellers Farm Distillery

The palate is rounded and creamy

Minerality is hard to rationalise

the vines enjoy a distinct advantage – altitude

the wine reveals rounded

Santa Rita Medalla Real Gran Reserva Carmenere 13.5% abv 75cl Montepulciano A sustainably-produced vodka from NorthCarmnre may be Chiles flagship red grape. But did you know that its history stretches back to Bordeaux? When the tiny phylloxera bugs ravaged Europe in the nineteenth century, Bordeauxs Carmnre vines were a casualty. It had been a key component of some of the greatest claret at the time but the vine was only saved by cuttings which had been taken to Chile. So its no wonder that Santa Rita use Carmnre to make this fantastically structured Gran Reserva,