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3/18/2015 - Mossrose wrote: 92 Points
Carmenere in Chile used to be noted for its funky and often invasive taste of vegetables, spices, evergreens, and green herbs, akin to making wine from V8 juice. But this wine sweeps that aside, and instead features a dark color, smoother texture, drying tannins, bright acidity, and delicious fruit. In fact, one can see why Bordeaux made this one of the approved grapes, that was capable of improving the blend of grapes, adding depth, complexity, and tastiness. But, in Bordeaux, it historically proved to be unreliable, because of susceptibility to mold and mildew as well as difficulty in getting it to fully ripen. But the dryer and sunnier climate in Chile proved to be a fine place to showcase Carmenere. Today, Chile has the most Carmenere planted and makes the best wines from it. This 11 year old bottle also shows how well Carmenere ages, preserving its color and gaining smoothness, integration, and aromatic complexity.
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3/24/2010 - andtheodor wrote: 89 Points
Deep ruby in the glass. Nose presents a dustiness, sweet rather than savory spices, clean cherry fruitiness, tobacco, tar, oak, and an interesting herbal note that was quite pleasant, almost minty and asparagus. After some breathing there was a nice chocolate/mint synergy that emerged (grashopper?). Nice mineral,structure and integration. Interesting wine, especially with it's slightly older age. I think I enjoyed this the most in the tasting which says something about my palate for Carmenere since this was decidedly the odd man out in terms of style, lacking much of the harsh greenness, smoke, and peppercorn that most others showed.
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3/20/2010 - dzitt wrote: 88 Points
Vin très sombre, couleur encre encore une fois. Le nez s'ouvre sur le poivron vert, le poivre blanc, du fruit noir et des notes de cèdre. La bouche est semblable, avec en plus le côté velouté du carmenère, sur une finale moyennement longue. Bien.
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9/9/2009 - dzitt wrote: 88 Points
La robe de ce vin est d’encre. Même le fond du verre ne laisse pas passer la lumière. Le nez lui s’ouvre tranquillement sur des notes de fruits noirs, de poivron vert, d’épices (poivre noir) et de cèdre. La bouche elle s’ouvre sur le fruit noir encore une fois, mais laisse place assez rapidement aux épices (encore le poivre noir auquel s’ajoute un touche de réglisse noire), de même que l’arôme de poivron vert perçue au nez. Le cèdre est toujours présent, mais ce qui émane de l’élevage reste tout de même dans un registre non agressif pour le palais. La finale elle est assez longue et suave, comme le carmenère le fait presqu’à chaque fois que j’en boit. Ma 2e bouteille attendra encore quelques années question d’adoucir cet ensemble encore plus…
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6/27/2009 - wineismylife wrote: 88 Points
DAWGS June 2009 - South America (bigred_seeker's house in University Park, Dallas, TX): WIML88
Tasted June 27, 2009 at an offline.
Purple color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of dried herbs, white pepper an thistle. A little hot on the nose. Flavors or red currants and red licorice. Medium acidity, tannins and body. Drinking just a little hot overall so docked for that.
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