Vintage: 2011
Colour: Ruby red
Alcohol: 14.5%
Bouquet: A little vegetal, like dried tomato vine and something almost minty
Flavour: Medium to full bodied, lush plum fruit, white pepper and with powerful and slightly wild tannins.
Points: 82.5 (3+6+10+7+6.5+50)
Points: 82.5 (3+6+10+7+6.5+50)
Notes: I think this is the first Carmenere I've tried here. Found it in an obscure wine shop. Initially this almost knocked my head off. It's big and tough. Would go great with a juicy steak or lamb chops. At $17 (~300 Kc) it's an interesting change but there is probably better stuff available. In Europe it appears to have a different etiquette (see for example the Polish website: http://www.bazar-smaku.pl/?97,dona-javiera-carmenere
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