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17¼/20
Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Vineyard 2011
Puente Alto, Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileDon Melchor has long been a highly respected Chilean cabernet sauvignon from the Puente Alto vineyard in Maipo. Following the impressive 2010 the cool 2011 vintage hung a couple of weeks later but it doesn’t seem to have hurt the wine. Elegance is not a word you throw around too much in Chile but Don Melchor has it developed into much more elegant wine over time thanks to far better tannin management. Expect a fragrant, stylish cabernet with bits of savoury cassis flavours flecked with pepper and vanilla. The plate is juicy, with fresh well balanced acidity and more juicy blackberry, liquorice, floral fruit in the finish. This will easily keep a decade or serve now with roast beef.Tasted: 24 March 2016Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $76.99 | 750ml | BCLS |
| AB | $80.00 | 750ml | fine wine shops |
| NB | $73.00 | 750ml | |
| ON | $70.00 | 750ml | LCBO |
Grape: Cabernet SauvignonCSPC: 284620UPC: 7804320413143
