Comments = One of the very best Chilean Carmenere I have tasted so far. Beautiful elegance and finesse of the fruits with silky tannins and texture coupled with a wonderful vanilla powder finish.
Final Grade = A-
The town of ‘Byblos’ is located in Lebanon, 40 kilometers North of Beirut. ‘Byblos’ is the name given by the Greeks to the city called ‘Goubla’ in cuneiform texts and ‘Gebal’ in biblical texts. It is located today on the site of the modern city of Jbeil…
A ‘BYO’ restaurant is a “Bring Your Own” wine restaurant where restaurant owners allow customers to bring their own wine. It was introduced in Australia and New-Zealand in order to offer the maximum pleasure to wine drinkers with the minimum price possible…
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The term « oeil-de-perdrix » is a French expression that can be translated into English as “Partridge’s eye”.
The ‘Laccase’ is a powerful oxidizing enzyme that is connected to Botrytis (bunch rot developing under certain conditions), which causes browning of grape must.
Essential oils known as “terpenes” can be found in American oak and, to a lesser extent, in certain French oak.
‘Volatile Phenols’ are lignin degradation products that are not encountered when brand new oak barrels are not heated (not toasted) during their making process.
Vanillin, a lignin degradation product, is the most well-known member of the Phenolic Aldehydes group. Noticeably, the more oak barrels are heated (toasted) during their making process,
‘Lactones’ are responsible for the oak aromas released into a wine during the wood aging process.