Winemaker Notes
Calcu Winemaker’s Selection combines grapes from three distinguished Terroirs within the Colchagua Valley. The blend is rich and fresh with a smooth tannic structure.
Blend: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, 25% Carménère
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Aromas of dry oak, graphite and cherry and berry fruits come together nicely, with patented Chilean hints of foresty green herbs poking through. This Bordeaux blend is firm and juicy, with dry, spicy flavors of plum and currant touched up by oak and related chocolate. An elegant finish is finessed and doesn’t push too hard. Drink through 2024.
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James Suckling
Aromas of bark, walnut, ripe fruit and chocolate follow through to a full body, velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. A blend of cabernet sauvignon, carmenere and cabernet franc.
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
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.