Showing posts with label Chamarre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chamarre. Show all posts

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Chamarre Grande Reserve Pinot Noir

Chamarre Grand Reserve
2006
France

Will drink again.

(FYI - There should be an accent mark over the last "e" in Chamarre but I can't manage it here - pronunciation therefore is "sha-ma-ray".)

Chamarre, en Francais, means "bursting with colors - bursting with flavor". This was a nice Pinot Noir. Black cherry, vanilla, slight oak and licorice. The finish was slightly peppery. Very enjoyable. I have found most Pinot Noir wines I've had to be "light" or "weak". This was not - it had a lot of flavor and was full bodied. As it was only $9.99, it was a really good deal in my opinion.

What is better than to sit at the end of the day and drink wine with friends, or substitutes for friends?
---James Joyce

8.0 out of 10
$9.99 / 750 ml
12% alc. by vol.