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Date Printed: 5/24/2013
Los Vascos Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Los Vascos Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
 (search item no. 106999)
Wine Enthusiast rating: 89 points
International Wine Cellar rating: 87 points
PRICE ON 5/24/2013: $13.97

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2006 International Wine Cellar rating: 89 points
2004 Wine Enthusiast rating: 90 points
2003 Wine & Spirits rating: 89 points
2003 Wine Spectator rating: 87 points
2001 Wine Spectator rating: 89 points
2000 Wine Spectator rating: 85 points
1998 Wine Spectator rating: 86 points

Winemaker's Notes:

 The color is a deep red ruby. On the nose, the exuberant fruit is emphasized with great personality and highlights of ripe cherries, plums, truffles, blackberries and liquorice followed by a surge of black pepper, bay leaf, cloves and nutmeg. The oak blends in harmoniously adding to the wine's complexity with aromas of vanilla, chocolate, coconut, graphite, tobacco, cinnamon and mocha. It possesses an interesting structure with balanced acidity, good volume and a persistent, soft and elegant finish.
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About Los Vascos:

 Los Vascos traces its roots to approximately 1750 and to the original vineyard of Miguel Echenique. The vineyard passed down through the family throughout the succeeding centuries.

The acquisition of 50% of Los Vascos by Rothschild (Lafite) in 1988 was the result of a careful search among more than one hundred Chilean wines for one that could meet their criteria for excellence. A team of winemakers from Domaine Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) control the viticulture, harvest, maceration, fermentation and aging of the wines at Los Vascos. Strict control of yields from the estate and adherence to the winemaking techniques of Chateau Lafite result in wines of high quality, whose characteristics do not escape connoisseurs. All production is estate bottled.