A century and a one-half ago , the Carmenére grape was one of the most common Bordeaux grape in France . And then a disease basically wiped it out . So how did it recently reemerge in Chile ?
In response to this spot explore thehistory of the Great French Wine blight , a treatment began about one of the more singular stories to come forth from it : The disappearing of the Carmenére grape and then its rather unexpected reappearance a continent aside .
https://gizmodo.com/how-the-great-french-wine-blight-changed-grapes-forever-1691598233
zuludaddy
I ’ve been enjoin that the dominant pre - blight grape in most of the Gallic growing realm was the Carmenére , now only witness in Chile . It is delicious , really rather low-priced , and deserving seek out .
Cody Chasen Burkett
AFAIK , that was the case only in Bordeaux , it was the sixth red grape commonly used . The blight wiped that grapevine out there almost completely . carry on that news report , the Malbec there was almost all bolt down due to a hard spring frost in 1956 , and never really replant . ( The other four red Bordeaux grapes are Petit Verdot , Cabernet Sauvignon , Cabernet Franc , and Merlot . )
Sergio Armendariz
According to Slate ’s nonmigratory wine expert Mike Steinberger , the Carmenere grapevine was re - learn almost by accident in Chile . By serendipity , as it were . I do n’t like it ( its nose after the bottleful is open up smells weird to me ) but aside from that , Chilean wines are a force to be reckoned with . Nice rich wines that make the miracle of being more low-cost than our own while being as good .
Sarcastro3
I am only an inexpert wine-colored - toper , in that sometimes I drink wine , but I have observe that I ’m more doting of Chilean wines than anything else , Carmenere in particular . Now I have some estimation of why that might be . Very interesting clause .
Though the Carmenére ’s migration to Chile was n’t a measured move to keep reach the grape , it was for certain a lucky one for anyone who wants to savor the grape without tracking down an early 1800s nursing bottle of French wine .
Top image : Carmenére grapes /Simon - sake
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