Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
The depth of fruit in this barrel sample is impressive with layers of round tannins, roses and currants. Full body, savory fruit and a long and intense finish. Structured with length and beautiful depth. 85% cabernet sauvignon, 10% carmenere, and 5% syrah. Spent 18 months in barrel, mostly new oak.
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Wine & Spirits
The most striking thing about it is the sweetness of the texture, a smooth sensation that caresses the palate without any astringency or rough edges, surrounded by luscious fruit and spice.
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Wine Spectator
A sleek style, exhibiting a powerful core of dark plum and cherry flavors, supported by fresh acidity. Offers engaging minerality and some white pepper notes that linger on the focused finish. Drink now through 2019.
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.