The 2006 LOTA spent 13 months in new French oak. It is opaque purple in color with a superb bouquet of sandalwood, smoke, Asian spices, incense, violets, blackcurrant, and plum. Medium- to full-bodied on the palate, it reveals excellent density, layered fruit, succulent, spicy flavors, precision balance, and enough underlying structure to evolve for at least 5-6 years. This outstanding effort will be in full form on its 20th birthday. If there is anyone delivering more bang-for-the buck than Arturo Cousino and his namesake winery Cousino-Macul, I’d like to know about it. One of the first wineries from Chile to make a break-through in the USA market, over the years Cousino has continued to fine-tune his portfolio and the wines are better today than they have ever been. I wrote that a year ago and it remains true today.Importer: Winebow, www.winebow.com