Winemaker Notes
This outstanding wine has a deep and intense ruby-red color. The bouquet is revealed in layer upon layer of complexity that appear throughout the tasting and vary with time in the glass. Red fruits and black fruits such as black currant and blueberry are present along with notes of tobacco, chocolate, and spice. Elegant and well balanced with good structure and enough depth to age well over the years to come.
Blend: 65% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Carme´ne`re
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
A stout nose is ripe and a touch jammy. Fittingly, this Cab Franc-led blend (with 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère) is full bodied—a clear reflection of a warm year in Chile’s Central Valley. Cassis, sweet berry-fruit, spiced plum, tomato and herbal flavors finish with a touch of heat. Drink through 2022.
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James Suckling
This has a rich array of redcurrants and brambleberries with a cassis thread that turns to blackberry pastilles on the palate, delivering a plush, smooth finish. A blend of 65 per cent cabernet franc, 30 per cent cabernet sauvignon and five per cent carmenere. Drink in 2024.
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Wine Spectator
Mouthwatering flavors of dark cherry, kirsch and plum tart are loaded with Asian spice accents. The creamy finish is ripe and rich, with dark chocolate and mocha notes. Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère. Drink now through 2025.
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
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.