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Carmenère continued
David Schildknecht, US:
Carmenère, as I understand, was considered a late ripener during its 19th century Bordeaux heyday testified to by Cyrus Redding in his 1860 French Wines and Vineyards . ("The Carmenert, Carmenère, Malbeck and Verdot grapes are the species most cultivated, on the[se Medoc] plans which have for so long been held in high estimation.").
This late ripening proclivity makes it gustatorily inexplicable that the fruit was harvested in Chile as if it were merlot. No wonder so many of the ones I have tasted were truly underripe. When I visited Chile a couple of years ago though, I did taste an impressive...
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