Winemaker Notes
Terrunyo Cabernet Sauvignon is an ideal accompaniment to lamb with spicy sauces and full-flavored cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This is very intense and flavorful with tobacco, walnut, currant and spice. Medium to full body, chewy yet polished finish. Beautiful.
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Wine Spectator
An unctuous red, dripping with molten chocolate notes that wrap around concentrated dark and red fruit flavors. Very creamy, with a plush finish that offers a rich array of spice and mocha details.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
It's always interesting to taste two vintages of the same wine side by side, as was the case with the 2015 Terrunyo Cabernet Sauvignon and the following year. This is produced with grapes from vines planted in Pirque Viejo in 2003 that produce classical Maipo reds. 2015 was warm and dry, and the grapes ripened to 14.7% alcohol. 2015 clearly marked the wines, and there is an almost sweet sensation in the fruit (but there's no residual sugar). It has some grainy and dusty tannins, with more concentration and opulence than 2016. It matured in French barrique for 15 months. 90,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2016.
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.