This is a classic Carmenère, if there is such a thing. Its aroma has tart red fruit character beneath a ripe, dark-fruit initial impression — the rather tart red fruit within a riper whole being my Carmenère trigger. In the mouth, it’s nearly full-bodied with fairly high acidity but also a softness of structure and ripeness of fruit expression, and a touch of oak. The alcohol (14.5%) creates an expansive body. Wow! As $10 wines go, this is double-good.
