Winemaker Notes
The wine is deep burgundy red, with aromas of ripe red berries and spices highlighted by touches of dried fruit and vanilla. It is a very well-structured wine with mature tannins and a smooth finish. Certified Sustainable.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva Estate contains 4% Syrah, 4% Carmenère and 2% Petit Verdot. It fermented in stainless steel and matured in French and American oak barrels for 12 months. 2017 was a warm harvest, and the wine is very approachable and clean. There is a creamy sensation that coats the herbal, meaty and spicy, plummy and ripe notes. It has a round and lush palate, with vey fine tannins and a velvety texture. It's a very nicely crafted cuvée that mixes vines of many different plots, ages, soils and expositions. It has very good harmony and good complexity, developing some meaty notes and hints of iodine in the glass.
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.
The Maipo Valley is Chile’s most famous wine region. Set in the country’s Central Valley, it is warm and quite dry, often necessitating the use of irrigation. Alluvial soils predominate but are supplemented with loam and clay.
The climate in Maipo is best-suited for ripe, full-bodied reds like Cabernet Sauvignon (the region’s most widely planted grape), Merlot, Syrah and Carmenère, a Bordeaux variety that has found a successful home in Chile.
White wines are also produced with great prosperity, especially near the cooler coast, include Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.