Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The incredibly perfumed 2019 Renacido Vineyard has nothing to do with the Renacidos from the past... Their explanation is as follows: "We started making Cabernet Sauvignon in Maule on the banks of the Perquilauquen River. It was a little heavy-set, perhaps husky, 'large boned.' So we went back to the drawing board and spent two years searching for something more particular, fresher, with finer bones. 2017-2018 came and went without commercial release, and then we found her... southeast of Cauquenes on Coastal Range of mountains facing eastward. Originally País, the Cabernet Sauvignon was grafted onto the 150+-year-old roots 10 years ago (some of the original old-vine Malbec was left without grafting and is in the field-blend)." I don't know how much Malbec we're talking about, but this is floral and aromatic, almost ethereal, with 13.5% alcohol, great freshness, a velvety texture and clean, vibrant and pristine flavors. Their most unusual Cabernet Sauvignon, and a great one! It has distinct wild berry aromas and flavors that I could not nail down but made me swallow the wine. Myrtle, rhubarb, berry and herbal with acidity.
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Vinous
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Renacido Vineyard Lot 104 from Coronel de Maule, Maule, was aged for 2 years in used barrels. Dark garnet red in the glass. The alluring, vivid nose offers notes of black tea, herbs and ripe blackberry plus hints of spice and black currant over a bed of mint. Broad but also channeled an excellent achievement. The body and mild tension are sculpted by grippy tannins that lend a linear shape to the wine. A hint of liqueur keeps the detailed aftertaste of fruit and spice going.
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James Suckling
Focused yet perfumed nose, with notes of exotic dried herbs, lavender and spices to the meaty blackberries and cassis. This full-bodied cabernet sauvignon is tight and powerful with succulent berries and a lot of vertical and chalky tannins on the palate. Lengthy but subtle, with some fresh tea leaves in the end. Powerful, but not heavy.
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.
Maule is the Central Valley’s most southern and coolest zone, reaching a southern latitude of 35°S, yet it is still warmer and drier than Bío-Bío to its south. The Maule Valley enjoys success with a unique set of grapes.
It lays claim to the local variety, Pais (synonymous with Tinta Pais, which is actually Tempranillo), which has dominated much of the region’s area under vine until the recent past. Now many growers, not confined by the tradition and regulations of the Old World, also successfully grow Cabernet Sauvignon.
While Maule’s total area under vine remains relatively static, its old Carignan vineyards are undergoing a great revival. The VIGNO (Vignadores del Carignan Vintners) group, an association in charge of promoting this long-forgotten variety, is getting fantastic results from the old vines in its dry-farmed coastal zones.
The Maule includes the subregions of Talca, San Clemente, San Javier, Parral, Linares and Cauquenes.