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Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.
—Ecclesiasticus, ch. 38, v. 1
(Our sample bottle was purchased by us at standard retail.)
Odfjell "Orzada" Carménère is Carménère blended with, typically, 5% Syrah. It comes from medium-old vines (20 years); it sees some oak, more American than French. It is fairly pricey for a Carménère, averaging around $10 (the range is $9 up to $25).
This is not by any measure a poor wine: it is big, thick, dark, almost lush. But it also seems to lack definition; the "dark fruit" thing is about as deep as one can go. There are no individual flavor threads, no subtlety, little or no complexity. Just "big; dark."
In light of the cost of this wine, and of what sorts of wonderful Carménères one can get for a fraction—in not a few instances, a small fraction (Santa Rita 120 at maybe one-third the cost)—it is regrettably hard to get cozy with this big guy.
On CellarTracker.
On Wine Searcher's Tasting Notes page.
Of some major wine-review sites:
(2007 vintage), 87 points
(2009 vintage), 88 points
(2001 vintage), 88 points
(2003 vintage), 87 points
(2004 vintage), 88 points
(2005 vintage), 86 points
(2010 vintage), 89 points
(2008 vintage), 89 points
(2003 vintage), 88 points
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