Oops, Spicy Splendor Carmenère 2013, Central Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: A basic and unimpressive carmenère.[Read more]
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Vino Nostrano Carmenere-Syrah 2012 – Blackberry & Black Pepper
Vino Nostrano, Carmenere-Syrah 2012, Maule Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: Ruby, trending towards purple in color, this carmenere and syrah blend has a nose filled with black fruit aromas with blackberry leading ahead of musky red plum.[Read more]
Concha Y Toro Casillero del Diablo Reserva Carmenere 2014 – A Cabernet Alternative with Baking Spice
Concha Y Toro, Casillero del Diablo Reserva Carmenere 2014, Central Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: A perfect wine for those looking for a cabernet alternative but with layered baking spice.[Read more]
Apaltagua Envervo Gran Reserva Carmenere 2012 – Earthy, Full-Bodied, Black Fruit
Apaltagua, Envervo Gran Reserva Carmenere 2012, Colchagua Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: Opaque and dark purple in color this aromatic carmenere has a nose filled with black fruit including blackberry, black plum, raspberry and some earthy, forest floor aromas.[Read more]
Neyen Espiritu de Apalta Carmenere-Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 – A Solid Chilean Blend
Neyen, Espiritu de Apalta, Carmenere-Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, Apalta Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: This carmenere-cabernet blend tastes predominately of carmenere (Carmenere 55%, Cabernet Sauvignon 45%) and has carmenere’s sometimes associated green-pepper aroma along with violet aromas on the nose.[Read more]
Apaltagua Reserva Carmenere 2012 – Black Pepper Spice & Tobacco
Apaltagua, Reserva Carmenere 2012, Apalta Valley Estate Grown, Colchagua, Chile
Tasting Note: This carmenere has the signature nose of green pepper for which carmenere is often associated.[Read more]
Tres Palacios Reserve Carmenere 2013 – Not Bad for a Weekday
Tres Palacios, Reserve Carmenere 2013, Maipo Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: This wine has an earthy nose of green bell pepper typical of the carmenere grape and fortunately the vegetal taste does not carry to the palate.[Read more]
Quintay Clava Reserve Carmenere 2012 – A Supple Chilean Carmenere
Quintay, Clava Reserve Carmenere 2012, Rapel Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: This is an elegant, dry, dark ruby-colored carmenere.[Read more]
Santa Rita 120 Carmenere 2013 – A Solid Carmenere for the Price
Santa Rita 120, Carmenere 2013, Central Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: An orb of purple blackness in your glass.
This wine tastes of oak and black currant at its core and is a solid carmenere — another great installment from the Santa Rita 120 lineup. [Read more]
Viu Manent Gran Reserva Carmenere 2011 – It Gets Better Upstream
Viu Manent, Gran Reserva Carmenere 2011, Colchagua Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: This wine tastes as though it were the spawn of a chance-night meeting of pinot noir and cabernet grape.
A musty nose gives way to green pepper, [Read more]
