Carmenere is our best selling wine by the glass. And the funny thing is most people have never heard of the grape, but once they taste it they love it.

Marcus Guiliano
http://www.MarcusGuiliano.com

Scout’s honor.

The Purple Angel, but I also enjoy Colvin from Walla Walla and Vina Chochalan Riserva as well.

QOTD: I had one Concha y Toro carmenere and can hardly recall it. But willing to try more

Amazon RAN OUT OF YOUR BOOK, and now i am waiting even longer to get it. And the uncrate posting is awesome.

Another great episode, with a bit more subdued GV 🙂 works for me, gotta stay fresh and change it up a bit!

I gotta try that first one, I love my veggies so much!

THANKS!!! for all you do for your fans and the wine world!

No wristband, No Carmenere, No book (Amazon best get it to me TODAY).

However, I did get my fist WL shipment today, French Wine to CA via NJ!! woohoo!

THE LATEST CARMENERE OF CHOICE IS THE 2005 BOTALCURA FROM THE RAPEL VALLEY!

LOVE your “rated rookie” t-shirt. A little Dunross action from the olden days. Gregg Jeffries? John Olerud??? Griffey Jr.??

I loved your t-shirt. Haven’t seen the phrase “Rated Rookie” in a while. It makes me wish my 1986 Jose Canseco Donruss rookie card was still worth something.

I haven’t had a Carmenere before, but I’ll try to seek one out.

I’ll try a carm this very weekend!

I’ve never had one, but I will seek it out.

I’m a big carmenere fan. Love the Concha y Toro Terrunyo carmenere. I have steered awawy form them, cuz they tend to be treated with too much oak and are too sweet. As a categoty they have a lot of potential. The Montes Purple Angel is good, but over priced at $40, but has a few % Petit Verdot in it which oughta get Gary excited.

Ah Ha! Finally, I have had carmenere from Chile. Terra Noble Gran Reserve 2003 and really enjoyed it, it was one the first wines I tried in starting to expand my expereince.

My last was the 2005 Casa Silva Carménère Gran Reserva Los Lingues and it rocked!! Probably the first example of this varietal that I had which was truly ripened. Colour was very deep and lots of fruit in addition to earthy characteristics. To that point I had had very poor experiences with Carménère but was inspired by GV to varietals a number of shots before sitting them on the bench – great advice. My “pal” was getting a little tired of all of those jammy shiraz’ so this wine and a Bourgueil I had recently really hit the spot.

Gary V., I’m a long-time lurker, first-time commenter. Been watching the show for a few months now and it’s transforming my life. I too was disappointed that two out of your three carmeneres turned out to be so wack. I’ve enjoyed the Casillero del Diablo (a C&T label) immensely, for like $6.99 at Trader Joe’s. It has struck me as a varietal with the classiness and classic-ness of a Cab. Sauv., so it was interesting to learn that it was once revered in Bordeaux. If I remember correctly, I liked it as a kind of warm-blooded cousin to Cab. S., really a varietal worth looking into. Thanks again. I’ll continue to comment.

I had a Santa Rita Carminere that was simple but quite delicious.

I will definitely explore this grape some more.

Palo Alto Reserve – I got a big stash as Sainsbury’s (in the UK) ar selling at 3 bottles for £10. That’s a total steal – even if a little too enthusiastic on the fruit front, it’s not fake. Having been to Chile earlier this year and drinking a lot of Carmenere I find it tremendously consistent and invariably great value.

Good show, loving the education aspect of the shows these days!

Q-Casa Silva Reserva i think.

I have to admit it has ben quite a while and it was from Los Olivos and fair but nothing to knock my socks off. I will try some new ones just to say I have.

I am looking forward to trying Carmenere for the first time! I’m a huge Rioja fan, can’t remember the last time you did a Rioja show??? I’d love to see a $15-$30 Rioja show with 3-4 bottles!!

Hello Gary (from Romania),

Love your shows and hey, it’s my first comment.
Carmenere is definitely one of my favourite vino. Actualy we say “vin” without the “o” in romanian.
My last one was the “varietal” 2006 Carmenere from Misiones de Rengo (www.misionesderengo.cl).

Couldn’t agry more with @ridehood up here, Misiones de Rengo wines are extremely good. Ask them for samples and I belive you would make a lot of money importing them, if somebodyelse doesn’t allready.

qotd: I actually had the 2004 Errazuriz single vineyard about a month ago. Really liked it

Hey Gary,

just saw your episode and decided to get my first Cermenère from Chile and I took this one: Espiritu de Chile:
http://www.espiritu-de-chile.com
And i have to admit that I realliy like it also it was very cheap 🙂

Thx for the show!
Greets from Germany
Tauceti

QOTD: The last Carmenere I had was my father-in-law’s Concha Y Toro version. I liked it less than his Concha Y Toro Cabernet/Merlot blend, which I’d rate an 80. Someday he may pay more than $10 for a bottle. But in the meantime, I make sure to bring a bottle or two of other red table wines to the family dinners.

QOTD: I’ve never had one, but I’ll make it a point to give some a try some time 🙂

bring those 90 point carmeneres to the show….even though you have already tasted them