Retasting of Caliterra Tributo Carmere/Malbec 2006

Vina Caliterra Tributo Edicion Limitada Colchagua Valley Carmenere/Malbec 2006

We could not have our regular tasting this Friday. But I have something to add to last Friday's tasting notes. In the last tasting, we described this wine's nose as "quite assertive with chemical, skunky somewhat BO'ish notes" and "not sure how we differ on the perception of the nose from these professional tasters".

Since then, we (Uncle N and Lady SEA) tasted this wine twice and were pleasantly surprised (I had 3 bottles left and wasn't inclined to just throw them out). While the nose we experienced in last Friday's tasting was not pleasant at all, the nose for these two other bottles was quite all right. It had a nice black cherry/currant with some minerals and without any of the unpleasant chemical smell. The palate was the same as we tasted the previous Friday and it was not bad at all. So, this wine is indeed quite good and based on these subsequent tastings I will give it a solid 3 or even 3+. The only question is why did the first bottle have such an unpleasant nose? Was the bottle contaminated with some chemicals or was it the famous bad miasma of the venue interacting with the wine?