2008 Lapostolle Casa Carmemere from Rapel Valley in Chile

Hello everyone!! I love this wine!! I don't believe I've blogged this before, but we've had it before maybe a year or more ago. It was the 2005 vintage and I was very impressed with it. Unfortunately, I had to hunt around a bit to find it again, and when I did it was in the 2008 vintage. This wine won an award from Wine Enthusiast for "best new world wine". We had this with broiled flank steak, onion and shitake, and cheesy polenta. This was a very good pairing. The wine had a lovely deep purple violet color. The nose carried aromas of blackberry with some cherry, plum, and blueberry. There is also a nice toasty vanilla component. On the palate it has a beautiful silky mouth feel. It is medium to full bodied with this beautiful smoothness to the tannins. It has a lingering finish. Very fruity but a bit of chocolate and a little spiciness on the finish. This wine is very well structured. I need to find more of it. Indeed, because of this wine I now had 3 other chilean carmeneres sitting in my little "stash". I'm looking forward to trying them.