Panilonco Colchagua Valley Merlot Malbec – 2009 – 8.7 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This wine is 60% Merlot and 40% Malbec and 13% alcohol.  Blackberry-blueberry reduction, compound spices notes of cinnamon and cardamom, and finishes with chocolate, black pepper, and roasted game.

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Panilonco Colchagua Carménère – 2009 – 8.8 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Blackberry, blueberry, Acai, game, ground clove, and fennel.  Scent of earth after plums have fallen on orchard floor in autumn.

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Secreto Valle de Colchagua Carménère – 2009 – 8.9 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Fully bodied wine, silky tannins; complex and well structured; wild dark cherry, cassis, chocolate souffle, cinnamon and vanilla.

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Cono Sur Colchagua Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Carménère – 2008 – 8.9 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Roasted meat; dense dark chocolate, blueberry reduction, and Cardamom.

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Lapostelle Alexandre Colchagua Valley Carménère – 2008 – 9.0 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Haunting notes of rose petals and violets; flavor characteristics of roasted meat, blackberry, dried fennel and truffle.

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Koyle Colchagua Valley Royale Cabernet Sauvignon – 2007 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Rich, layered and dynamic; essence of intense blackberry-blueberry, mid-summer herbs, and white truffle.

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Koyle Maipo-Colchagua Valleys Cabernet Sauvignon – 2007 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Wild cherry, herbs, Chanterelle mushroom and scent from cedar forest.

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Lapostelle Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley Red Blend – 2007 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

The wine is 61% Carménère, 24% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot.  This lead varietal Carménère plays an important part in this wine’s structure and personality.  Notes of reduced blueberry-blackberry, Oaxacan simmering spices, game, and black pepper.

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Ventisquero Colchagua Carménère Syrah Blend – 2008 – 8.8 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Proof that Carménère and Syrah play well together; Flambe blackberry and raspberry, Enoki mushroom, white and black pepper and scent from a cedar box and underbrush.

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Vina Siegel Colchagua Valley Crecero Cabernet Sauvignon – 2008 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

A formidable Cabernet Sauvignon – dense, inky and wondrous weighty tannins; mix of bramble berries; Chile Nuevo Mexico, vanilla, slight scent of lavender.

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