This has character, delivering powerful currant paste, braised fig and hoisin sauce flavors laced with notes of charcoal, tobacco and hot stone. Offers a strong graphite edge on the finish too, which has some toast to shed. Dense and powerful. Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Monastrell and Tempranillo. Best from 2011 through 2014. 100 cases imported.??–JM??Region: Chile / Central Valley-Chile / Curicó / Curicó Valley Select to Add

Opens oakier than the younger '05, with coffee, toffee and mocha aromas along with touches of olive and green tobacco. The wine has a full, robust, tannic feel and deep, sweet berry and cassis flavors. Huge, saturated and rocky due to the tannins, but really good. Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Monastrell and Tempranillo is the mix. ——M.S.(2/1/2011)—— 89