Winemaker Notes
Dark and deep red wine. Aromas of toasted cherry, cassis, cedar, blackberry, and slight hints of black pepper. Firm with a deep concentration of flavors. A delicate and almost silky texture frames soft tannins, which comes at the beginning of their long finish.
Blend: 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.5% Malbec, 2.5% Syrah
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Nicely roasted spices, black olives and a hint of tobacco to the currants and dark chocolate. Medium body with some fine-grained tannins and a flavorful finish. Plenty of roasted red chili pepper and savory spices in the medium-long finish. Excellent quality and value.
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Tasting Panel
Alluring top notes of dried herbs and cedar on the nose are true to this wine's country of origin; they're followed on the palate by classic notes of cassis and blackberry with minimal oak. Fine-grained tannins provide just the right amount of firmness on the finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
The grapes were sourced from vines that grow in the Tinguiririca River banks in Marchigüe, Colchagua Valley. This wine shows tension and a good amount of fruit flavors. Additional notes of cigar box complement the palate. It's a well-structured and approachable Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Founded in 1883, Vina Concha y Toro is Latin America's leading producer and occupies an outstanding position among the world’s most important wine companies, currently exporting to 135 countries worldwide. Uniquely, it owns around 9,500 hectares of prime vineyards, which allows the company to secure the highest quality grapes for its wine production. Concha y Toro's portfolio includes a wide range of successful brands at every price point, from the top of the range Don Melchor and Almaviva to the flagship brand Casillero del Diablo and innovative stand-alone brands such as Palo Alto and Maycas del Limarí. The company has 3,162 employees and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.
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.