Hacienda Araucano, Colchagua Valley (Chile) Carménère 2011

I really like everything about this wine but the packaging, and the juice on the inside is so damned good that I can’t manage to get very caught up in matters of appearance. With intense blackberry flavors and firm but ripe tannins, this shows a lot more punch than one expects in the price range, yet the wine is also quite impressively classy and layered in character, which is definitely a departure from most Carménère bottlings on this price tier. Impressive.