Terranoble Gran Reserva Carmenère 2011, Maule Valley
Carmenere
Maule Valley, Chile
$19.95 (957050)
Critic Reviews (3)
This distinctive, great value carmenere shows very lifted blackcurrant/cranberry fruit, minty/arugula greenness,...
A classic, fruity-herbal-liqueur-driven carmenere with a wallop of sweet herbs and black fruit and excellent depth...
A very intensely smoky and meaty carmenere with more of South African flare than Chilean. Intense with fruit that is...
Community Reviews (2)
Sara describes it best, except that I did not find it intriguing, is simply did not work for me at all. Lucky I have someone else to finish it for me.
A disappointing if not altogether unpleasant Carménère, this shallow Gran Reserva opens with Cab-like cassis and other deep purple fruit before turning more Syrah-like, in a rather uninviting way, with meat, earth, and black pepper. It tastes quite a bit better than it smells, with characteristic green pepper and herbal notes adding belated complexity, but even then it doesn't have all that much to recommend it.