Carmenere in a white wine

I blogged about seeing some interesting wines at a local supermarket venture specializing in Tesco merchandise last year and finally got round to tasting this bottle, which some adventurous winemaker added a wine made from the pressed juices (colourless) of Carmenere to Sauvginon Blanc to create a white wine with a difference. If one tries to look up Carmenere to predict how this combination would work, one would be hard pressed to find a description of a white wine made from Carmenere by fermenting its pressed juices. I had no luck. Although the wine is not a straight forward Chilean Sauvignon Blanc, it was hard to put the finger on the contribution that the Carmenere had made.

The wine was a pale straw with a  fruity acid nose carrying a hint of citrus. The palate was dry acid and fruity, with a lemony acid backbone. A dependable white but nothing that special even with the contribution from the Carmenere.