What does Carmenere taste like?
Carménère Taste Most Carménère wines have striking aromas of raspberry sauce, sour cherry, green peppercorn, and a granite-like minerality. On the more affordable end, you can expect to find Carménère wines with honest fruity red berry aromas and tart flavors of raspberry with a subtly bitter taste similar to kale.
What was Carmenere mistaken for?
In an unwitting mix up (very common at the time), Carmenère vines were mistaken for Merlot. And replanted around the country as ‘Merlot’. Over the following century, Chilean winemakers noticed that there was a great variety of ‘Merlot’ in their vineyards.
What grape is Carmenere similar to?
What varieties of grape are similar to Carmenère? Carmenère shares similarities with its Bordeaux stablemates Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, with good structure in both acid and tannin profile, as well as sharing sometimes peppery, leafy, blackcurrant and red and black fruit notes.
Is Carmenere similar to Cabernet?
If you’ve never tasted Carmenere, you are in for a nice surprise! I tasted Carmenere for the first time about a year ago and loved it. I found Carmenere to be similar to Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, in that it has a deep red color, with aromas of fruit and pepper.
How do you drink Carmenere?
The lighter tannin and higher acidity in Carménère wine make it quite an easy red to pair with a great variety of dishes. Ideally, leaner grilled meats with savory sauces like Chimichurri, green salsas, mint, or parsley pesto will complement the herbal qualities of the wine and make it taste more fruity.
Is Carmenere sweet or dry?
DryCarménère / Sweetness of resulting wine
Carménère is a medium to full-bodied dry red wine with aromas of tobacco, leather, dark fruit, coffee, bell pepper, and chocolate.
How did Carmenere end up in Chile?
How did Carménère Arrived to South America? Carménère arrived from Bordeaux to Chile around 1850, veiled among other grape varieties such as Merlot, and the ideal conditions of the Chilean terroir favoured its subsistence through the years.
Is Carmenere dry or sweet?
What does Carmenere smell like?
One of the key aromatic compound groups in Carmenere are methoxypyrazines. They can smell like green bell pepper, mint, peppercorns, or cocoa powder. Pyrazines in wine are called “impact compounds” because they’re associated with specific grapes (Bordeaux varieties).
Should Carmenere be chilled?
The ideal serving temperature is 13°C (55°F) but you are safe all the way up to 18°C (65°F). Suggested serving temperature ranges between 15-18°C (60°F-65°F). If you just bought your wine and brought it from the store or got it delivered by postal services, chill it in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.
When was Carmenere rediscovered?
November 24, 1994
On November 24, 1994 in Viña Carmen, the French ampelographer, Jean Michel Boursiquot, discovered that the grape called Merlot or Chilean Merlot was really Carmenere, an already extinct grape of Bordeaux.