
Carmenere
Learn about Carmenere — taste profile, popular regions and more …
Far from its birthplace of Bordeaux, where it once accompanied Malbec and Petit Verdot as a blending grape, Carménère has found great success in Chile since the mid-nineteenth century. However, the variety went a bit undercover until 1994 when many plantings previously thought to be Merlot, were profiled as Carménère. Regardless of what vine variety it actually was, these vineyards continue to prosper today under their correct name.
Tasting Notes for Carménère
Carménère is a dry red wine with an herbaceous or black pepper character but in warm climates or with additional hangtime before harvest, it makes wines reminiscent of blackberry, blueberry and dark plum, with rich and savory notes of chocolate, coffee, smoke and soy sauce.
Perfect Food Pairings for Carménère
Carménère makes a great match for a hearty steak or barbecued red meat. It can also work well with white meat when prepared with a mole sauce or spice rub.
Sommelier Secrets for Carménère
Perhaps Carménère’s herbal character can be explained in part by familial relations—due to the strange nature of grapevine breeding, Carménère is both a progeny and a great-grandchild of the similarly flavored Cabernet Franc.
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De Martino Legado Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
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De Martino Single Vineyard Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
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Calina Alcance Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
- WE
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J. Bouchon Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Maule Valley, Chile
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MontGras Reserva Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
- WS
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Santa Rita Reserva Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
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Concha y Toro Casillero Del Diablo Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
- WE
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TerraNoble Gran Reserva Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
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Terrunyo Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
- W&S
- RP
- WE
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Casa Silva Microterroir de los Lingues Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
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Apaltagua Estate Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
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Montes Purple Angel Apalta Vineyard Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
- WS
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Concha y Toro Carmin de Peumo Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
- RP
- W&S
- WS
- WE
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Merry Cellars Winery Seven Hills Vineyard Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Walla Walla Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington
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Tierra del Fuego Reserva Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Maule Valley, Chile
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Viniterra Select Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Mendoza, Argentina
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Reininger Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Walla Walla Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington
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Leyda Single Vineyard Talhuen Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Leyda Valley, San Antonio Valley (Chile), Chile
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Morande Edicion Limitada Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Maipo Valley, Chile
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Terra Noble Reserva Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Maule Valley, Chile
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Morrison Lane Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Walla Walla Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington
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Santa Rita Pehuen Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Chile
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Botalcura La Porfia Gran Reserva Carmenere 2005Carmenere from Rapel Valley, Chile