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Santa Rita Medalla Real Carmenere Gran Reserva 2009, Colchagua Valley

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Carmenere Carmenere
Colchagua Valley, Chile

$17.95 (274118)

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89 pts
8
March 29, 2014

Critic Reviews (7)

Craig Pinhey
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Craig Pinhey

Intense black fruit, with printer’s ink, metallic notes and spice on the nose. Complex, herbal and powerful red. Big...

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Steve Thurlow
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Steve Thurlow

A complex elegant powerful red with the alcohol well tamed by acidity and fine mature tannin. It is opaque with...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

This dark, brooding wine shows a very intense nose with carmenere cassis, greenness, resin and pepper that butt...

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Michelle Bouffard
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Michelle Bouffard

Powerful nose with new leather, cedar and cassis dominate. Rough tannins are able to rely on the generosity of fruit....

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Rhys Pender, MW
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Rhys Pender, MW

Very carmenère on the nose with intense savoury dried grass, roast red pepper and blackberry and damson plum. The...

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Treve Ring
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Treve Ring

This is a lot of wine for under $20. Menthol and resin, ripe, sunbaked cassis, blackberry on a round, full palate....

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Sara d'Amato
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Sara d'Amato

Very grassy, earthy underripe and smoky with notes of tobacco and cigar box. There is something very compelling a raw...

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Community Reviews (1)

Tony  G
Tony G

Very appealing. Aromas of caramel and black fruit. Tastes of black cherries, smoke, and likely other delights. 90-91

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