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Carmen Reserve Cabernet Sauvignontext
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Carmen Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1996

Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileDeep purple color. Open vanilla cinnamon stick nose. Rich soft mocha/cassis fruit yet its lean in the mouth with what is best described as Bordeaux styling. The fruit comes off 30-year old vines on the estate at the foot of the Andes. The outrageous BC mark-up makes this look like a virtual steal in Ontario.Tasted: 01 March 1999Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:
BC$18.95750ml 
Producer: ViƱa CarmenDistributors: Select Wine Merchants Ltd.
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon