Tasting Notes for Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon 1997

Red Wines	Cabernet Sauvignon	Chile	South America

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Date Printed: 5/24/2013

Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon 1997

(search item no. 5796)
Wine Enthusiast rating: 86 points
PRICE ON 5/24/2013: $15.49

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2011 Wine & Spirits rating: 90 points
2010 Wine Spectator rating: 91 points
2009 Wine Enthusiast rating: 91 points
2009 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
2009 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2009 International Wine Cellar rating: 90 points
2008 Wine & Spirits rating: 93 points
2008 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2008 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2008 Wine Enthusiast rating: 90 points
2008 International Wine Cellar rating: 90 points
2007 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2007 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2006 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
2006 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2006 Wine Enthusiast rating: 90 points
2006 International Wine Cellar rating: 90 points
2005 Wine Spectator rating: 91 points
2005 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
2005 The Wine Advocate rating: 88 points
2004 Wine & Spirits rating: 93 points
2004 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2003 Wine Spectator rating: 91 points
2003 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
2002 Wine Spectator rating: 89 points
2002 Wine Enthusiast rating: 89 points
2001 Wine Enthusiast rating: 91 points
2001 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
2001 Wine Spectator rating: 89 points
2000 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2000 Wine Enthusiast rating: 89 points
1999 Wine & Spirits rating: 92 points
1999 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
1999 Wine Enthusiast rating: 87 points
1999 The Wine News rating: 87 points
1998 International Wine Cellar rating: 85 points
1996 Wine Spectator rating: 85 points

Winemaker's Notes:

COLOR : Deep ruby red BOUQUET : Red fruits, cigar box, vanilla, fine and complex TASTE : Tasty, smooth tannins, concentrated, pleasant and persistent ENJOY WITH : Red meats, cheese, pasta

My Notes:

Additional wines from Vina Concha y Toro:

2008 Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 113924)
2009 Terrunyo Carmenere (search item no. 120465)
2010 Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 119599)
2011 Casillero Del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 118023)
2011 Casillero Del Diablo Carmenere (search item no. 118896)
2011 Casillero Del Diablo Chardonnay (search item no. 116391)
2011 Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 122601)
2011 Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay (search item no. 121956)

About Vina Concha y Toro:

In 1986, Rafael Guilisasti of Concha y Toro had a flash of inspiration that would set new precedents and raise the bar for Chilean winemaking forever. Armed with samples of Cabernet Sauvignon from Concha y Toro's Puente Alto vineyard, Cuilisasti traveled to France to meet Emile Peynaud, the father of modern winemaking. Peynaud was impressed and considered the samples to demonstrate the characteristics of a unique terroir. Guilisasti's pilgrimage echoed an equally significant voyage made a century earlier by founder, Don Melchor, who brought back to Chile the first samples of French rootstock. Now in its 22nd vintage, Don Melchor expresses the singular character of Cabernet Sauvignon from Puente Alto and consistently demonstrates Chile's potential to create world-class wines.