Garage Wine Co. Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
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Parker
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Suckling
James
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Renacido Vineyard is a dry farmed site in the Maule, and one that pushes the limits in terms of latitude for Cabernet Sauvignon. The Perquilauquen river is wide and shallow like a narrow lake and its water body lends the fruit cooler conditions. It is also very unusual for Chile because it flows from the Coastal Mountains East towards the Andes passing through Caliboro. Because of the strange flood plains created by a river that flows “backwards,” bridges have not been built on this section of the river and the locals must depend upon precarious “balsas,” small single car transporter commuter ferries with outboard motors. A certain disconnectedness follows and these communities are much more isolated and traditional then surrounding communities in the Maule (which are already quite isolated and traditional themselves). Fermented in an open top horizontal egg (think your normal concrete egg but sideways and without a lid). Much more savory “food-oriented” in comparison to the winery’s Maipo Cabernet Sauvignon bottling.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
I enjoyed the texture of the 2016 Renacido Vineyard, perhaps a little less elegant but with great character. I looked at my note from the previous year and was very surprised to read that I commented on the texture then as well. I often associate minerality with texture (and/or vice versa), so this has to be an expression of the soil here, an expression of granite. Because it's also Cabernet Sauvignon.
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James Suckling
This oozes rich dark fruit, such as black plums, morello cherries, mulberries, dried thyme, vanilla, baking spices and blackberry pastille. It’s certainly ripe on the palate, but the web of intricately woven tannins carves right through the dense and exuberant fruit, through to a long, concentrated but structured finish.
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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.
The Maipo Valley is Chile’s most famous wine region. Set in the country’s Central Valley, it is warm and quite dry, often necessitating the use of irrigation. Alluvial soils predominate but are supplemented with loam and clay.
The climate in Maipo is best-suited for ripe, full-bodied reds like Cabernet Sauvignon (the region’s most widely planted grape), Merlot, Syrah and Carmenère, a Bordeaux variety that has found a successful home in Chile.
White wines are also produced with great prosperity, especially near the cooler coast, include Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.