Can you get bad Carmenere? Probably but I’ve yet to taste it. There are better Carmenere’s out there for sure but this is a good one. Lots to smell and taste, aromas mainly of black fruits, cherry, plum with oak, vanilla, leather, tobacco and pepper. Some comes through on the taste but you also get hints of raspberry and strawberries.

It could be a bit more smoother, refined. If I have it with food I would probably be singing it’s praises, on its own I just liked it.

Cono Sur, ‘La Rinconada’ Single Vineyard Block 28, Carmenere, Chile