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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.6 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 165 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jstrovel@gmail.com on 12/13/2020 & rated 90 points: red fruits, blueberry some cherry. It has a woodiness to it as well. Not bad but thought it would be better. (1538 views) | | | Tasted by Dickdoc49 on 4/27/2020 & rated 91 points: Significantly different than my last note. Amber rim primary berry fruit with nuances of earth and saddle. Most enjoyable (and surprising considering my previous experience) (1796 views) | | | Tasted by gcarl on 3/1/2020 & rated 92 points: This was quickly consumed by the attendees at the blind tasting event of over 30 btls. Glad to have cellar kept it for 10 years as the fruit and baking spices are really prominent for a 14+ year old wine. Velvet smooth on the palate. Glad to have 2 more! (1812 views) | | | Tasted by Lobonick on 5/8/2019 & rated 90 points: Plum, red fruits, and baking spice on the nose. Silky texture on the palate. Milk chocolate, red fruit, and dry earth on the palate. Balanced acidity and a long finish driving on that earthiness round out the wine. (2226 views) | | | Tasted by Geoff on 3/10/2019 & rated 91 points: Strong fruit, bright tannins, still tastes young, but good potential. (2206 views) | | | Tasted by Lobonick on 2/25/2019 & rated 91 points: Smoke, espresso, and black tea on the nose. Palate is expressive with black raspberry and licorice. There's some rusticity coming through with the almost-but-not-quite resolved tannins. Gorgeous wine. Drinking spectacularly now. (1161 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 1/22/2019 & rated 89 points: Un peu mieux que le Clio bu en même temps, moins
boisé et plus équilibré, moins de chauffe aussi.
Acidité moyenne avec des fruits noirs
et des tanins charnus, finale de longueur moyenne.
Mieux que la précédente! (1886 views) | | | Tasted by Lobonick on 12/27/2018 & rated 91 points: Expressive wine, drinking very well now. Nose is generously aromatic with plum, incense, licorice, and warm baking spices. Color is moving towards brick but only part way there. Palate is balanced with earthy notes and a velvety texture. The black licorice is intense. Finish is long, but subtle. (979 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 11/29/2018 & rated 88 points: Très fruité et bonbon, surfait et un brin boisé.
Plus ou moins apprécié. (1363 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 9/15/2018 & rated 88 points: WIML88
Tasted non blind.
Dark garnet color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of currant, tar and black berries. Flavors of Bing cherries, black berries and earth. Medium acidity, medium to firm tannin, medium to full bodied. Drink now. (863 views) | | | Tasted by NTR on 9/8/2018 & rated 91 points: L-8114, bottle 11171
Well I don’t even know what is going on here. Same lot (and case) as previous. Pretty solid dark ripe red fruit nose. Quite a full bodied and tannin muted wine. Very menthol. One of the good roulette reds? If they had all been like this....(previous bottle was a garbage barely 85 wine. Probably overrated it too boot) (858 views) | | | Tasted by Geoff on 5/30/2018 & rated 90 points: Needed a bit to blow off some funk, but really came around in the glass with great fruit, balance, power and overall pleasure. Would hav benefitted from several hour decant. (1085 views) | | | Tasted by gwkozar on 5/26/2017 & rated 90 points: decanted. fresh fruit, medium tannins, very nice. (1806 views) | | | Tasted by ctjared on 4/25/2017: Needs a lot of air to let the funk on the nose blow off. (1848 views) | | | Tasted by gwkozar on 4/21/2017 & rated 91 points: lot 8113, which is a good sign. decanted for 1 hour. dark purple. Nose of herbs, blackberry. Palate of herbs, blackberry, little bit of smoke, very balanced. Medium-full weight. Randie liked it a lot. (1705 views) | | | Tasted by Gringo on 10/9/2016 & rated 91 points: If you have a legitimate bottle...you will be treated to a very nice wine. It is drinking well now. Lovely nose, nicely balanced and smooth finish mean a rather nice quaff! (2477 views) | | | Tasted by Geoff on 5/15/2016 & rated 88 points: Bottle had been Coravined. Last half glass. Seems to have lost a little bit. Just not that remarkable, but still retains some its fruit and tannins. (2633 views) | | | Tasted by sayward on 4/25/2016 & rated 89 points: Agree with one taster that this tastes more Bordeaux vs. Spain. Drinking nice now, but no need for decant and ready to go. (2041 views) | | | Tasted by sayward on 3/20/2016 & rated 88 points: Was fine. Was a little congested when consumed so didn't get any great insights. Seemed to be in a good place, but not sure this wine is going to improve in another 10 years. Drink up. (1921 views) | | | Tasted by megropolis on 9/2/2015: Last bottle - nothing exciting but still descent everyday wine which reminds Bordeaux more than Jumilla. (2683 views) | | | Tasted by ctjared on 3/4/2015: not sure on this. strong tobacco notes, gamey. very different (2490 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 11/20/2014 & rated 50 points: Third Thursday blind tasting group - Mourvedre's (Mike's) (11/20/2014): Hands down, one of the worst wines I've ever tried. I hated this when poured blind. I tried revisiting it a few times later after it was unveiled to see if some redeeming qualities may have developed with air, but nope. To call this a mess is an undeserved compliment. This is a caricature of wine. The fruit's grotesquely ripe and candied, red fruited but with a strong confected and raisiny character, and there are strange oaky, burnt rubber, and plastic-like accents that only get worse with air. The palate is brutally tannic, extracted, and alcoholic, and the finish lasts far longer than I wish it would. My initial assessment of this was "DNPIM." I'm not yet sure why I revisited it, but DNPIM seemed like the right call. (3618 views) | | | Tasted by indiscriminate palate on 11/20/2014 & rated 55 points: Mourvedre (TTTG blind tasting): Medium ruby color. On open, nose of ripe blackberry and dark cherry, herbs, and oak spice. Palate of oaky, roasted black fruit, and Twizzlers. Not much tannin, medium acidity, and a short-medium slightly bitter finish. Even 12 hours later, this was a ridiculously overdone, atrocious, overly extracted, horribly crappy wine. Despite the curiosity factor, well over half the bottle was left after the tasting. Without mincing words, it sucked.
For those for whom decoding the Sierra Carche saga is meaningful, this is bottle 18230 with back label code L-8114. I suspect that these codes only reveal different degrees of suck. Sadly, I suspect that this is a "good" bottle.
For science, I had a few sips two days later, alongside the bigger, richer, 2007 L'Aventure. The Carche was atrocious, undrinkable, and without a redeeming feature. No "standard" flaws, but if there were a "worst Spanish wine under $5" prize, this should win easily, were it not for the for the Jay Miller tax. (2912 views) | | | Tasted by GalvezGuy on 7/25/2014 & rated 86 points: Popped and poured. Decent nose of black fruit and anise. On the palate, black fruits, melted licorice, menthol, hints of red cherry. Short finish ableit balanced. Last bottle and glad of it, this never did get to anything but serviceable. (2637 views) | | | Tasted by cobbpa on 3/9/2014: Used for cooking. Decent nose, fruity up front, short & poor finish. Not great. (2557 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| 2005 Bodegas y Viñedos de Murcia Jumilla Sierra CarcheVarietals: 50% Monastrell, 25% Malbec, 25% Petit Verdot
Does your bottle not live up to its 96-point Wine Advocate (Dr. Jay Miller) score? See Sierra Missed - The Saga of Sierra Carche 2005 for info.
Red Blend.Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.MurciaLocated in Southeastern Spain, the "lost" region of Yecla lies to the east of Jumilla and to the west of Alicante. Fortunately, this region was spared much of the wrath of the phylloxera plague, and many ungrafted and extremely old vines remain. The Yecla region’s progressive leader, Bodegas Castaño, has long been an advocate of the Monastrell varietal, also known as Mourvèdre. The varietal is best regarded for its influence on the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape where the terroir and climate is not dissimilar to that of Yecla. Both benefit from a very warm, Mediterranean climate with warm days and nights. Jumilla Jumillo DO (Wikipedia)
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The authorised red grapes are the following:
Monastrell, Tempranillo, (known locally as Cencibel), Garnacha Tintorera, Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Petit Verdot (source=wikipedia, Jumilla) |
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