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Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignontext
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Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Apalta Valley, Santa Cruz, Valle del Colchagua, Valle del Rapel, Region del Valle Central, ChileLook for fresh red berry fruit with savoury, black olive bits with cedar and tobacco throughout. The grapes are grown on the La Finca de Apalta estate in the Apalta Valley, Colchagua. The cabernet is picked at just under 7 tons per hectare and mixed with some 10 percent of merlot to temper the tannins and acidity and aged for a year in French oak. Best over the next three to five years or serve now with grilled meat.Tasted: 13 March 2011Tasted by: Prices:
BC$29.99750mlBCLS
AB$24.00750mlfine wine shops
MB$24.00750ml 
ON$20.00750mlLCBO
QC$23.00750ml 
NF$25.00750ml 
NS$34.00750ml 
Producer: Viña MontesDistributors: Icon Vins Fins
Grape: Cabernet SauvignonCSPC: 14212UPC: 715126000116