(Big) Blue and Wine: Casillero del Diablo Carmenere

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Casillero del Diablo Carmenere

Name: Casillero del Diablo
Color: Red
Varietal: Carmenere
Vintage: 2007
Country/State: Chile
Region: Rapel Valley
Price: $8
Stars: 4.5 (out of 5)

This Carmenere from Concha y Toro's Casillero del Diablo label is an outstanding bargain. For less than $10, it's a delicious, medium bodied everyday red. We enjoyed a couple of glasses last night with pizza.

The color is a deep, dark purple in the glass, almost like a Syrah. The nose is mostly dark fruit, with chocolate and a hint of tobacco. I tasted dark berries and chocolate, with some good earthy qualities. The finish was very pleasant and quite long. This Carmenere is very smooth, and I highly recommend it.

I can't wait to try the other Carmenere we have at the house -- the Tierra del Fuego, also from Chile.

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The main purpose of this blog is to provide an outlet for my wife and I to keep track of and easily organize wines as we buy them, drink them, and review them. Although we have been drinking wine for years, we really developed a strong interest in wine in the late summer of 2008. From about August of 2008 through mid-March of 2009, we consumed approximately 35 bottles of wine. I have tried to keep track of these wines and our feelings about them, primarily through the use of Excel spreadsheets. I am hoping that this blog will allow us to accomplish some of these goals more effectively and interactively. I briefly summarized these wines in the first post of the blog. Subsequently, I will post more detailed notes regarding our tastings as we look to expand our palates and continue our journey of exploring the world of wine. Along the way, I will try to make notes about my wine-related influences and provide links to some of my favorite sources on the web. Occasionally, I may post about other life events or happenings in the world of sports and music, two of my other passions.