The new house is starting to feel like home, the wine room is almost done and the furniture is here. Yesterday I stained the deck and built the BBQ - that took up most of the day. By the time I made my way indoors a beer was the thing to have (Rickard's Dark - tasted oh so good and went down quick). But today was a different story. Mid-way through the afternoon I wanted a nice white, I found a Vina Cobos 2009 Felino Chardonnay, I had about a glass and a half and with each sip I became more and more disillusioned with this wine: fat and flabby, everything you don't like in Chardonnay - think I'm turned off of Chard ... for a few weeks anyway.
This evening I decided to stay in South America, move a little west and head over to Chile for a Tarapaca 2006 Carmenere. Now this is a delicious wine with mint, black currant and blackberry on the nose, this follows on the palate with some good acidity and a light bite from the tannins. I would have liked a longer finish, but beggars can't be choosers. Out of the two wines I loved the Carmenere, and was not a fan of the Chardonnay - sorry Cobos.
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