The 2005 Altair is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Syrah, and 3% Carmenere. Purple-colored, it has a distinguished bouquet of wood smoke, cedar, pencil lead, spice box, blueberry, and blackberry. This is followed by a mouth-filling, opulent wine with incipient complexity, superb balance, and enough structure to evolve for 3-5 years. Drink it from 2013 to 2030. Altair, one of Chile’s icon wineries, is owned by the Dassault family of Saint-Emilion in partnership with Vina San Pedro.Importer: MISA Imports, Dallas, TX; tel. (972) 235- 3834

Concentrated but supple, with a core of black currant and warm fig flavors layered with cigar box, aged tobacco, plum sauce reduction, loam and coffee. The persistent finish shows latent richness. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Carmenere. Best from 2009 through 2012. 2,500 cases made. -JM