One of our xpadorian friends politely reminded me that The Wine Guy had been somewhat remiss about posting a retail wine reccomendation for his fellow Cuencanos as he promised to do with some regularity.
Disculpe me! OK, here goes: For you lovers of good full bodied red wine, but with a preference, as well, for smoother rounder tannins, keep an eye out for Montes Cabernet Sauvignon/Carmenere blend. It is typically about 70% cab and 30% carmenere. Montes is a renown Chilean winery that produces Montes Alpha, a consistently good South Amerivan Cabernet Sauvignon that frequently earns trade ratings in the 90 point and plus range. The blend is a well balanced wine and its wise usage of the carmenere grape makes us understand why carmenere was once almost as common in bordeaux blends as merlot (that was way way back when...less than 200 acres of Camenere is grown in all of France today and I've onlyread about two bordeaux that have small amounts of camenere in them...it still remains on the list of red grapes on the approved list).
I've seen this wine at La Taberna, Taxi and Zona Mayor with pricing that has ranged from $15 to $19 per bottle. It is worth the price particularly if you air the win out for 30 minutes. If any of our readers in the US stumble across this wine, I would appreciate knowing where and at what price as well as your thoughts as to the taste.
Sainte!
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