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WINES OF CHILE
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Classic Cabernet Sauvignon
Sourced from the Maule and Colchagua valleys. The Maule Valley gives structure and color to the wine
while the Colchagua Valley adds soft tannins and red fruits. This blend is the blending of grapes from
a hot valley (Colchagua) and fresh valley (Maule) to create a soft, easy-drinking Cabernet Sauvignon.
Fermented and aged in stainless steel for 12 months, it offers an intense and deep color. This wine
displays nice aromas, such red fruit, pepper and tobacco. It has smooth tannins, and is very fresh and
fruity, which gives the wine a good balance.
Single Vineyard La Higuera Carmenere
Made from 95 percent Carmenere, complemented by 5 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine is aged
for ten months in a combination of stainless steel and French and American oak barrels, followed by an
additional eight months of aging in bottle for further refinement. Red-violet with blue tones, bursting with
aromas of ripe fig, black and red berries mixed with chocolate. On the palate, an intense fruity sensation
is accompanied by coffee notes. It is well structured, with smooth and silky tannins.
2010:
88 WA
Single Vineyard Los Lingues Cabernet Sauvignon
Sourced from the 35-acre Los Lingues vineyard, 80 percent of this wine was aged in-barrel for eight
months. There is a wonderful richness, complexity and concentration in this wine. Red berries, smoke,
chocolate and pure fruit dominate the nose. It is an intense and exquisite wine with dark ruby color of
remarkable depth.
2009:
88 WA
Gran Reserva Carmenere
This Gran Reserva is 96 percent Carmenere with 4 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from the La
Higuera Vineyard in the Maule Valley located at the foot of the Andes Mountains. This Gran Reserva
Carmenere is a true expression of the
terroir
. The wine was aged in oak barrels and stainless steel
tanks for twelve months. Deep purple in color, this wine shows ripe aromas of blackberry, plum, fig and
dates. On the palate, it has a rich and velvety mouthfeel and notes of voluptuous dark fruit—a wine of
superb balance!
2011:
91 WS