Red · Loncomilla Valley · Chile
Carta Vieja Carmenère
Scored from 1,264 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: Red · Chile (444 wines).
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Is Carmenère a good wine?
What reviewers say
“Bacon fat, cassis, and charcoal on the nose. Two out of ten on the sweetness scale. Highly acidic. On the tongue, blackberry, cassis, orange peel, morello cherry, roasted pepper, tarragon, and mint.”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Summary
It has bright carmine colour with a blue background. Interesting development of aromas to wild black fruits, blackberries and red prunes, with some spicy notes. On the palate is silky, slightly sweet, with chocolate, toffee and mint notes. Creamy and elegant finish.
From Loncomilla Valley in Chile, Carta Vieja Carmenère is a red. At $12.66 for the lowest 750 ml listing, it belongs to the under $15 band. It is made from Carmenere.
1,264 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 1,336 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against 443 other reds from Chile, not against the corpus as a whole.
- Cohort
- Red · Chile · 444 wines
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Cohort: Red · Chile
