Monday, October 26, 2009

Botalcura La Porfia Carmenére 2005 Gran Reserva

VarietyCarménère 85% Carignan 15%
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Valle de Rapel
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14%
Residual sugar: 3.17g/l
Acidity: 6.14g/l
Color: dark red with violet tones
Bouquet: canned black current, vanilla, forrest fruit marmalade, leather, chocolate
Taste: blackberry, black cherry, black current, ample and complex, spicy, chocolate supported by nice oak
Recommended food pairing: beef with mole sauce
Overall score: 87
Price: CZK 950
Stoper: Cork
Very nice representative of new world wine, very jammy vanilla and oaky style.

No comments:

Post a Comment