QOTD: Actually, this is one varietal that I have had. And I think the last one I tried was the Frontera Concha y Toro. I remember liking it. I don’t remember why. I promise to try more Carmenere =)

QOTD: Only tried one, Concha y Toro Casillero del Diablo Carmenere, that I found at Trader Joe’s. Quite good as far as I can remember, definitely good QPR.

QOTD: Promise to try one. I will have to get on line earlier for a wristband!
Keep up the great mission!

QOTD: I promise we will try one- or more. 😉

I wonder if decanting would have helped any of today’s wines?

I promise to try one. Really. It put it on the list while I was watching.

I’ll try one…why not…I’ll wish list the Errazuriz.

QOTD:

Haven’t had many, the last one was SANTA RITA CARMENERE 120

The book arrived today! WOOHOO! Will be reading that through out the week. Just from scanning through it I can tell it will be a great informative read. BTW Where did you get a Rated Rookie T-shirt?? Takes me back to my 84 – 91 Donruss baseball card days. I gots to get one

QOTD Last Carmenere I had was Natura Carmenere Organic. Wasnt bad. We sell a decent amount of it.

Never had a Carmenere but the $4.39 one may be worth it on price alone.

QOTD: I promise!
Even tho none of these wines brought the thunder on this episode, please continue to do more shows on little known varietals. HOW ABOUT SOME GREEK WINES!!! LOTS OF SOME VERY ANCIENT VARIETALS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AGES!

QOTD: I promise!
Even tho none of these wines brought the thunder on this episode, please continue to do more shows on little known varietals. HOW ABOUT SOME GREEK WINES!!! LOTS OF SOME VERY ANCIENT VARIETALS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AGES!

Can’t get next to you … The Temptations … last Carmenere – 2005 Botalcura Carmenere La Porfia Grand Reserve … and it rocked !

QOTD: Never had one… I PROMISE I’ll buy the next one I see and try it out.

On the “trust your own palate” thing… I just had a bloody mary that my friend made for me. It was the BEST bloody mary I’ve ever had. Flat out…. bar none. It. Was. The. Best.

Even with that, we decided to pick nits and I explained that I would like a little lemon and a little less heat. We tried again and HOT DAMN…. I was near the big O. He said he liked it better the other way.

It just goes to show, everyone’s palate is different.

GV: What’s the best bloody mary you’ve ever had?

QOTD: not yet but will try.

QOTD: I had my fair share of Carménère. It’s on the 60 mark, I guess. After all, I am going for a South American wines specialization. I personally think they are excellent for blends, and too hard to tame to become a nation representative as Malbec is for Argentina. When it achieves perfection, it is luscious, full bodied, coherent and new worldly with a hint of green. When it is rushed to comply with demand, it is green as a decorative fern (similar to Leatherleaf Fern).

I suggest the already mentioned: Botalcura, Calina, Santa Ema and Anakena. My favorites are Anakena and Terra Andina (excellent budget Carménère) and Santa Ema and Perez Cruz.

P.S. Enough begging, I don’t want a wristband anymore!

qotd-dont remember because i ran into a bad streak and switched over to malbec as a preferred south american qpr wine.

Hi Gary,

Had a million Carmenere´s down here… please at some point in your life, try the Carmín de Peumo bottling from Concha y Toro, pricey and hard to find, but oh my, is it worth every cent… serioiusly, top 25 wines of all time, that is one of them for me.

Hey I got my Amazon books (6) but would love for you to sign them… any way to do that? I missed your NYC book signing by a day, had to fly out to San Jose on tuesday… bummer.

Gary, I know I’ve had a blend with Carmenere in it, but have no idea who produced it ? I’ll try one as soon as I’m off the anti-biotics for a sinus infection, Arrghh !

QOTD – the Concha Y Toro Diablo brand.

I think the thick juice is called fruit nectar, btw…

QOTD: PKNT intresting entry level Carmenere…tasted like a smoked green bell pepper…with some dried raspberries.

I absolutely promise to try a camenere.
jq

QOTD Now this is weird. I just picked up the 2006 Montgras Reserva Carmenere yesterday because I never heard of type of grape before. I really enjoy this type of wine. Will look out for more..

Casa Silva Reserva. Seems like carmeneres tend to fall into one of the two camps you hit on this show: overly vegetal and a little difficult, or cleaned up and cab-like (like the tomboy skater chick who cleans up well?). Would you agree or do you see more range? Definitely a grape I look for, and a good number of reasonably priced ($10-15) options are out there.

QOTD: Inama Carmenere Piu, 2005, from Italy oddly enough. Very food friendly especially with sausage, tomato sauce and lamb burgers. Loved it.

Great Show picked up the book, not done yet; but loving it obvz!
QOTD I have not had a straight Carmenere, but i promise to drink one on the next week!