Winemaker Notes
Root:1 Cabernet Sauvignon is well-structured with notes of ripe fruit, such as plum and blackberries, and touches of vanilla and caramel. Its soft tannins and good structure are perfectly balanced.
This Cabernet Sauvignon's ripe and full-bodied flavors pair well with grilled sausages, burgers, and roasted vegetables.
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For decades, the Maipo Valley has brought the world some of the best Cabernet Sauvignons for the marketplace. The winery stays true to the growing region and starting in 2016 began utilizing a 10% bleeding method to increase the concentration of the wine. This vintage comes through and delivers a wine full of compelling black fruits with hints of licorice and dried raisins. Pair it with grilled short ribs.
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.