Winemaker Notes
This Estate Cabernet has a fruity nose with aromas that remind one of plums and quince, combined with a slight touch of elegant oak. The palate features a mild bouquet of blackberry and licorice fruit. This is a big wine that has a rich and lingering finish, with smoky accents of vanilla and oak.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A medium-bodied, succulent red with aromas of blackberry, black cherry, tobacco and oyster shell. Fruity and fresh with firm, fine-grained tannins and crisp acidity.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: An incredible Cabernet Sauvignon value, the 2020 Pascual Toso Estate Cabernet Sauvignon delivers plenty of richness. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines with aromas and flavors of dark cherries, black fruits, earth, hints of spice, and a lovely accent of wood. Enjoy it with grilled lamb chops. (Tasted: October 26, 2022, Napa, CA)
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.
By far the largest and best-known winemaking province in Argentina, Mendoza is responsible for over 70% of the country’s enological output. Set in the eastern foothills of the Andes Mountains, the climate is dry and continental, presenting relatively few challenges for viticulturists during the growing season. Mendoza, divided into several distinctive sub-regions, including Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley, is the source of some of the country’s finest wines.
For many wine lovers, Mendoza is practically synonymous with Malbec. Originally a Bordelaise variety brought to Argentina by the French in the mid-1800s, here it found success and renown that it never knew in its homeland where a finicky climate gives mixed results. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot and Pinot Noir are all widely planted here as well (and sometimes even blended with each other or Malbec). Mendoza's main white varieties include Chardonnay, Torrontés, Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon.