François Lurton Hacienda Araucano Carmenère (Colchagua Valley)

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Tipo

Other

Uva

Carmenère

País

Chile

Denominação

Colchagua Valley

Corpo

medium

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201585 pts

  Briary berry and cassis aromas are spicy and solid. In the mouth, this Carmenère is raw and tartaric in feel. Salty plum, coffee and herbal green flavors finish about the same, with a note of cured meat and residual acidic tang.

• 201385 pts

  Straightforward plum and currant aromas are lightly spiced. This is medium in body, with herbal and slightly bitter plum flavors that finish medicinal.

• 201290 pts

  This is a very oaky, powerful wine, with minty aromas of shoe polish, blackened toast and herbs. It's full and creamy on one hand, but bold and tannic on the other. Dark, medicinal black-fruit flavors are followed by oak-driven mocha and buttery notes, while the finish tastes do…

• 200985 pts

  This is charred smelling, with herbal, jammy, heavy aromas of mocha, coffee and berry fruit. It feels syrupy and cloying, with heavy extraction, borderline overripeness and sweet flavors of brown sugar, mocha, baked blackberry and oak. Warmth and a note of carob dominate the fin…

• 200880 pts

  Strange and wayward right from the get go. The nose is herbal and foxy, and the the flavor profile is downright odd, with a dull, grapey bitterness, funk and herbal qualities. Not what we call good Carmenère.

• 200789 pts

  Lavender, thyme, rosemary and other green herb notes dot the nose, which leads to a solid, cushioned palate with sweet berry, leaf, spice and carob flavors. Finishes sweet, with melted chocolate and heft. Just short of excellent but still the best Carmenère yet from François Lur…