What does Carmenere taste like?

Carménère Taste Most Carménère wines have striking aromas of raspberry sauce, sour cherry, green peppercorn, and a granite-like minerality. On the more affordable end, you can expect to find Carménère wines with honest fruity red berry aromas and tart flavors of raspberry with a subtly bitter taste similar to kale.

What is a Carmenere wine?

The Carménère grape is a wine grape variety originally planted in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, France, where it was used to produce deep red wines and occasionally used for blending purposes in the same manner as Petit Verdot.

Is Carmenere a good wine?

Top-Rated Carménère Wines age well and typically cost between $50–$100. Fine Carménère wines offer dense, ripe, and powerful flavors of plums, berries, and cocoa notes, along with a creamy mid-palate and fine-grained tannins.

What foods pair well with Carmenere?

Carménère is a red wine that pairs best with lean but meaty dishes such as Lamb with Mushrooms, Pork Tacos, Turkey, Beef Stew, Pasta with Meat Sauce, Tuna Steak or grilled chicken.

Is Carmenere like Merlot?

Chilean Carmenere is medium to full-bodied with really smooth texture and abundant in those bright, fresh red berry flavors that you’d like from Merlot, along with slight hints of green bell pepper or savory stem notes. Carmenere is another native grape variety of Bordeaux but more recently has called Chile home.

Is Carmenere sweet or dry?

DryCarménère / Sweetness of resulting wine
Carménère is a medium to full-bodied dry red wine with aromas of tobacco, leather, dark fruit, coffee, bell pepper, and chocolate.

What goes well with Carmenere?

Due to its smoky notes and big but soft tannins, Carmenere works very well when accompanied by dishes made on the bbq, especially lean meats such as Sirloin steaks, or some cuts of Pork and Lamb. Due to its spiced character, the pairing becomes even better if you use herbaceous sauces like a Chimichurri.