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Very sweet and extracted, and in the end it weighs in a little over the limit. The nose is at once sweet and green, while the palate is medicinal as it pumps forth with syrupy black fruit and licorice. Nothing wrong with the color, depth and extraction; but where’s the balance? 1 Note
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A zesty wine with more zap and tang than one might expect. That said, it’s solid as a rock, with intense flavors of cherry, plum, carob and oak. Call it a bit obtuse, if you will. But even with woody finishing notes of vanilla and cream, this settles on fruit more so than the barrel. Carmenère (78%) with Syrah and Carignan. 1 Note
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Santa Ema seems to be striving for the ripest possible style they can get, and along the way they have found that while also losing some elegance. It starts with sweet, jammy aromas that are not far from melted red licorice. The palate is saturated with berry flavors, while the feel is thick but slightly flat. Could use more edge and compexity, but on the plus side it’s lush and pleasant. 1 Note
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Coastal vineyards are the source for this semitropical, citrusy wine that is quite zesty as well as round. Flavors of orange marmalade, pineapple and vanilla are offset by a strong dose of oak, while the finish settles on apricot and butter. A respectable Chardonnay that isn’t cheap, especially by Chilean standards. 1 Note
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Give it air time and it’ll give back floral raspberry and cherry aromas in front of a racy, forward-style palate that’s got cherry and red plum flavors and integrated spice. Not overbearing; clean and dry on the finish. Atypical for a Carmenère-led prestige wine; it’s more streamlined and red in character. 1 Note
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Opens with floral, cherry, cassis and coconut aromas, which are followed by snappy, acid-driven flavors of raspberry, wood spice and vanilla. A fresh, lively, healthy wine with a toasty/spicy finish and young, clamp-down tannins. Drink now through 2012. 1 Note
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If an oaky, full-bodied, tropical Chardonnay is not your type, then read no further. This is a woody, sweet, popcorn and candy style of wine with intense sweet apple and peach chracter amplified by dry, toasty, vanilla-pounding oak. Not an exact or level wine, but definitely full of power and barrel influence. 1 Note
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A wine that's on the upswing compared to previous vintages. The nose is not overly oaky, with pear, guava and melon notes. It's citrusy and solid in the mouth, with linear tangerine or orange flavors and vanilla on the side. Supple and complete on the finish, with pronounced acidity. 1 Note
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Huge in color and body, with thickness and long legs. The nose has a minty green core that's surrounded by cassis, while the palate is extracted, round and tastes of bouncy young red fruits and boysenberry. Grippy and a little high in acid given the wine's full body and extract level. 1 Note
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Powerful on the nose, packed with aromas of black olive, plum and herbs. This is a staunch wine that’s 75% Carmenère with 20% Syrah and then Carignan; it is snappy and lively, with no shortage of wild berry and plum flavors. The finish holds on for some time, and overall it is very respectable Carmenère. 1 Note
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Santa Ema Red Blend - 2004
