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Manage Subscriptions2016 Black Hills Estate Carménère
Carménère
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Okanagan Valley
- Okanagan Valley VQA
Community Tasting Notes 15
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smithkev wrote: 92 points
March 28, 2024 - Loved this vintage! Moderate tannins, nice underlying green pepper notes. Drank this bottle over 3 days and enjoyed it from start to end.
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nanoose wrote:
April 9, 2023 - I always enjoy this wine but it paled as a follow up to the ‘07 purple angel.
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JAP55 Does not like this wine: 84 points
February 24, 2023 - Very little in the way of tannins leaving the wine unbalanced. Medium intensity black currant coupled with some herbaceousness gives some complexity into a shortish finish.
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JAP55 Does not like this wine: 70 points
February 14, 2023 - I was hoping for a better outcome after the previous bottle but, even after giving this one the benefit of the doubt by decanting for a day, it was simply not enjoyable.
Although it did soften after the decant, acidity was much more prevalent than tannin and any form of flavour could best be described as a sour cherry.
In short, the balance was poor, the length of finish was mercifully short, flavour intensity was low and consisted of the aforementioned sour cherry. I hope the subsequent vintages I have are at least palatable as the 2016 would be doing a disservice to the sangrias it will inevitably be used to create. -
JAP55 Likes this wine: 88 points
January 21, 2023 - Somehow underwhelming versus previous bottles
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Black Hills Estate
- Varietal Carménère
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Canada
- Region British Columbia
- SubRegion Okanagan Valley
- Appellation Okanagan Valley VQA
- UPC Codes 058976502943, 626990061540
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 323 (52%)
- Consumed 302 (48%)
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- RegionBritish Columbia
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