Obliqua
The Global Carménère Masters 2025
Medal Awarded - Grand Master
The Global Carménère Masters 2025
Medal Awarded - Grand Master
Tasting notes:
This year’s best Carmenere, which ensured its Grand Master status, is an outstanding example, showcasing the quality that can be obtained from this hard-to-perfect grape. Not only is it spicy and intensely flavoured, but there’s freshness too. Furthermore, it offers immediate appeal, but clearly has the structure and power to age for a long period as well. Right now, in its youthful state, there’s rich black and red berry fruit in spades, pure and concentrated, allied to cedar and cocoa, then cracked pepper and plums too. The tannins are present, firm and dry, but serve to frame the fleshy fruit, not dominate the finish. In short, it’s big, but balanced, as well as delicious. (Patrick Schmitt MW)