Undurraga Extinto Carménère 2024
£23.45
The wine
New: Extinto, named for the grape once thought extinct after phylloxera swept Europe, only to be rediscovered thriving in Chile. A Carménère of striking character: fine, complex florals and spice with black pepper and graphite over wild red berries; energetic and intensely fresh with a juicy mid-palate, fine tannins and a long, persistent finish.
The producer
Undurraga
View all Undurraga winesFounded in 1885, Undurraga is one of Chile's most prestigious wineries, farming 1,350 hectares of estate vineyard across the country's premium regions, from coastal Leyda to Cauquenes and the Itata, all certified by Sustainable Wines of Chile.
Head winemaker Rafael Urrejola has spent years researching the diversity of Chile's vineyard sites; the result is the emblematic Terroir Hunter range, single-site wines of startling precision. In 2023 Rafael became the first Chilean ever named Red Winemaker of the Year by the International Wine Challenge.
The range here runs the full register: traditional-method fizz from Leyda, the youthful U and Rebel Sip wines, gentle Light 8 bottlings at just eight percent, the Sibaris Gran Reservas, the Terroir Hunter collection, the rare Extinto old-vine Carménère, and Altazor, the grand Maipo flagship.






