Arboleda Carmenere 2005

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Winery:

Viña Arboleda

Varietal:

Carmenère

Region:

USA

Type:

Red Wine

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What to Expect

Carmenère is one of a small group of wines that thrives in its adopted land but struggles to gain acceptance at home. It still is used on occasion in France's Bordeaux region where it adds color and complexity to blends with its distinctive mélange of smoky, herbal and gamy tones. In South America, particularly Chile, it ripens fully and the wines take on added layers of dark berry fruit that gives it a balance rarely achieved in France.

Winemakers Notes

Tasting Notes :Beautifully deep and intensely violet colour, this wine begins with characteristic aromas and flavors of sweet spices like clover and cinnamon mixed with black tea and tobacco notes before opening to show big fruit intensity, blackberries and cherry notes and sweet vanilla and cacao from the oak. Surprisingly fresh, with great structure and very fine, sweet tannins, ending with a soft texture and nice body that linger on the palate. The moderate temperatures that accompanied this vintage encouraged the phenological stages – flowering, fruit set, and ripening – to proceed read more...slowly and easily, delaying the harvest, producing fully ripe tannins and rich fruit aromas and flavors. These qualities, which are clearly reflected in the impressively concentrated, intensely fruity and fresh characteristics of the wine, combined with a remarkable oscillation between daily high and low temperatures to produce very intense colors in a season that will likely be considered one of the best vintages on record    (hide)

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