Perfect Pick-Me-Ups for Post-Party Sipping ; Wine List [Eire Region]

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The story of the Carmenere grape is worthy of the big screen. It all but disappeared from its ancestral home in the Medoc region of Bordeaux, France, wiped out by the phylloxera bug, which devastated vines right across Europe in the mid-1800s. Then it was rediscovered in Chile -- but was called Chilean Merlot because the winemakers were unsure what variety it was. They were also a little uncertain as to how to cultivate it.

So, by the time they realised it was Carmenere, and launched it in Ireland in 1998 to much fanfare, it wasn't well received. The wines were 'green' because the fruit had been picked too early and had not ripened enough. But now, a decade on, Chile has mastered the grape and is producing great wines from it.

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Perfect Pick-Me-Ups for Post-Party Sipping ; Wine List [Eire Region]

Carmenere is the most friendly of grapes. Indeed, it is the kind of grape that wants ...

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