Winemaker Notes
Blend: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Carmenere, 10% Syrah, 5% Malbec
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
Looks like one of the greatest Cabernet deals in the world, the 2012 Los Vascos Grande Reserve has it all; ripe fruit, fine depth and pleasing finesse. Time to dial up a medium rare rib eye of beef. Deep dark ruby in color; bold, ripe red and black fruit in the nose; nicely packed on the palate, smooth tannins; substantial ripe fruit flavors that excite the palate; medium to long in the finish. (Tasted: February 1, 2016, San Francisco, CA)
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James Suckling
This is a juicy and dense wine yet it remains agile and pretty with chocolate, berry and spice character. Hints of mint too. Medium to full body, delicious fruit and a long and intense finish. 75% cabernet sauvignon, 10% carmenere, 10% syrah, and 5% malbec. The cabernet shows beauty.
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Wine Enthusiast
Cherry, cassis, leather and mineral aromas make for a lively bouquet. This is round and full on the palate, with welcome division among its layers. Ripe blackberry, fig and chocolate flavors finish lightly baked and heady, showing depth. Drink through 2018.
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.