A ripe, toasty, modern style, with roasted vanilla leading the way for crushed plum and blueberry fruit. The finish is long and fleshy. Very solid. Drink now through 2010. 5,000 cases made, 400 cases imported.??–JM??Region: Chile / Central Valley-Chile / Rapel / Colchagua Valley Select to Add

Quite oaky and soft, with minty, shoe polish and lemony aromas on top of big, ripe, sweet fruit scents. The palate is sticky and leans up against medicinal, while the flavors of blackberry and plum have a mild candied, baked note to them. Just doesn’t have the balance and touch of a fine Cabernet. ——M.S.(12/1/2009)—— 85