Toasty but well-integrated, with mocha and cocoa leading the way for dark fig, currant and black cherry fruit. Licorice and briar notes check in on the full-bodied finish. Shows admirable ripeness and grip for a Carmenère. Drink now through 2010. 600 cases made, 110 cases imported.??–JM??Region: Chile / Aconcagua / Aconcagua Valley Select to Add

(includes 9% petit verdot and 6% shiraz) Deep ruby-red. Suavely perfumed bouquet displays aromas of red- and blackcurrant, potpourri, smoky minerals and Asian spices. Midweight red fruit flavors are strikingly pure and sweet, picking up candied floral and tobacco qualities with air. Juicy, pure and focused, with an admirably understated personality and excellent finishing cut. This impresses with balance rather than power.