Winemaker Notes
Ripe plum and cherry-scented nose that also features notes of licorice, saffron, cinnamon, and nutmeg that enhance the complexity of aromas. Notes of graphite, clove, dark chocolate, and cedar take the experience to a whole new level; A smooth and supple wine with sweet and friendly tannins.
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
This 20th vintage of Baron Eric de Rothschild’s top Los Vascos wine in Chile is such a classy and elegant blend. Mainly Cabernet Sauvignon (85%) with smaller percentages of Carmenère, Cabernet Franc and Syrah, it is testament to Chile’s reputation for world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. Complex aromas of damsons, currants, cedar and graphite are met by a beautifully balanced palate marked by a refined structure of round yet grained tannins. Elegant and ripe. Drinking Window 2020 - 2030
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James Suckling
This has an attractive array of bright dark berries with a creamy-oak edge that leads to a very fleshy and attractive palate with a fresh-herb streak that cuts the finish crisply. Drink or hold.
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Wine Enthusiast
Ripe, nicely oaked berry aromas are well presented, while this Cabernet-led blend is tight, pure and fresh in feel. Herbal berry and plum flavors are layered with earth and spice notes, with wood spice and a touch of chocolate rising up on the finish. Drink through 2025.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2016 Le Dix de Los Vascos is richly layered on the palate as it finishes long and nicely textured. TASTING NOTES: This wine shows up with bold black fruit and oak. Try it with the first cut of a prime rib roast. (Tasted: July 26, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
Well-regarded for intense and exceptionally high quality red wines, the Colchagua Valley is situated in the southern part of Chile’s Rapel Valley, with many of the best vineyards lying in the foothills of the Coastal Range.
Heavy French investment and cutting-edge technology in both the vineyard and the winery has been a boon to the local viticultural industry, which already laid claim to ancient vines and a textbook Mediterranean climate.
The warm, dry growing season in the Colchagua Valley favors robust reds made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Malbec and Syrah—in fact, some of Chile’s very best are made here. A small amount of good white wine is produced from Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.