Concha y Toro "Carmin de Peumo" Carmenere 2003

Saturated purple.

Vinturi - completely loaded, suave nose - smoke, toasted hazelnut, spiced fig, blackberry coulis and a green herb/veg component that is distinctive. Almost like green chile. Mr. Thackrey should source some....

Round and completely mouth-filling, with no sense of alcohol or desiccation. Seamless, with flavors vividly mirroring the nose. There's some serious structure here, but it rears its head quite late. Too late, in fact, to be intrusive. This is TFK. Great, subtle length. Congratulations to Concha y Toro for another great bottling of this variety.


$65. Carmenere, like Petit Verdot and Malbec, may well turn out to be another esoteric Bordeaux variety that rocks in many parts of the New World.