Villalobos
Carignan Reserve - 2016
7.88 / 10

Type
Red Still, Dry
Producer
Villalobos
Vintage
2016
Location
Chile, DO Valle de Colchagua
Grapes
Cariñena
Alcohol
12
Sugar
1
Price
987 UAH, 1050 UAH
Cellar
N/A

Ratings

2022-10-14 - 8.25

Wow, a nifty Carignan with some great value. Complex bouquet: leather, forest berries, blood, brett, jam, and red flowers. Almost ideally balanced, juicy, voluminous and multilayered. The tannin is still young but so well integrated. A long aftertaste with flavours of violets and (dark) cherry.

2022-10-22 - 7.50

Clearly a bottle variation. Less tannic, less voluminous, and lighter with unbalanced acidity and palate reminding ‘natural wines’ due to VA and fruit spoilage. Still a complex and juicy thing. Just less fascinating.