A toasty, broad-shouldered style, with espresso and dark licorice up front, followed by a big core of roasted plum, black currant and fig fruit. A loamy edge drives the toasty finish. Needs to settle in just a touch. Drink now through 2011. 12,000 cases made, 4,000 cases imported.??–JM??Region: Chile / Central Valley-Chile / Maule / Maule Valley Select to Add

Concentrated black fruit, spice and tobacco notes. Full of oak flavours with powerful currant fruit. Tannins are tarry.

This could just as easily be labeled Cabernet because Cab is 90% of the blend. Regardless, it’s a textbook version of a basic but likable Chilean Cabernet with currant and berry aromas. Ripe, composed and tasting of cassis and black cherry. Dry and clean on the finish, with all the basics in place. ——M.S.(7/1/2010)—— 88