Viu Manent, Colchagua Valley (Chile) Carmenere 2021

 This winery is on a hot streak of late.  This 2021 Carmenere comes across with slightly more complexity than the 2020.  Very dark, opaque in the glass, it displays ripe cherry and raspberry aromas but with some green tea, peppercorn notes that come on as the wine evolves with airing.  Full bodied, plush, with big ripe fruit flavors, it has some herbaceousness and ample acidity to hold it together.  On the finish, the youthful tannins poke through and give it a drying aftertaste.  Not a one dimensional fruit bomb, this is multi-layered powerful stuff.  It could benefit from short term aging.