Winemaker Notes
Deep and brilliant violet in color, the Santa Carolina Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon has notes of black pepper and cedar, grippy tannins and a long, pleasant finish. It exhibits a floral nuance and a pleasant expression of red fruits.
Try with braised venison in wine sauce, blue cheese burgers or grilled beef.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva embodies the damp, herbal and distinctly stony aromas characteristic of Maule Cabernet Sauvignon. The palate is rich, fresh and taut, finishing with a focused, mineral-tinged note. It fermented in steel and was aged for six months in French barrique.
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.