Don Melchor Cabernet
| Vintage: | 2020 |
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| Description: | Winemaker Notes\r\n\r\n\r\nDeep violet in color, intense, and with a great aromatic complexity of red fruits together with floral notes of violets and roses. On the palate, it is a tasty wine with a soft spell and a superb freshness, along with the elegance and power so characteristic of Puente Alto. Deep and serious with black olives, blackberries, blueberries, tobacco leaf, sweet red capsicum, ash, dried meat and a hint of black chocolate. This is a more direct, full-bodied Don Melchor, filled with solid blackberries and wrapped by tight, fine-grained tannins. Long and deep. It is a wine with a velvety texture, lush body, and a very long and persistent finish.\r\nBlend: 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 1% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot\r\nJames Suckling 97 Points \r\nWine Spectator 95 Points\r\n\r\n\r\nAbout Don Melchor\r\nThe beauty of the composition in Don Melchor is the intermingling of the flavors, aromas, and emotions produced by the different parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon.\r\nIt is bringing together, in a balanced way, the expression of each of the parcels. It is finding the balance that enables the expression of a place, a soil, the Andes Mountains in a single wine. Winemaker Enrique Tirado is one of the most influential figures in the national wine industry.\r\nFor more than 20 years he has been in charge of Don Melchor, Chile\u2019s first icon wine and a true benchmark of the variety at the global level. After more than 30 years, Don Melchor has reached a solid position that enables it to face new challenges, highlighting its maturity and ability to express its own identity through Vi\u00f1a Don Melchor.\r\nThis identity is built upon a base of three fundamental pillars\u2014its impeccable heritage and history, the peerless conditions of its terroir, and the deep understanding and expertise in the making of the Don Melchor wine.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDon Melchor, named after Concha Y Toro\u2019s founder, is among Chile\u2019s most-acclaimed wines and a Cabernet that belongs in every conversation about world-class interpretations of this singular varietal. Winemaker Enrique Tirado says of his vision for the wine, \u201cDon Melchor\u2019s style, complexity, and elegance are the extension of the perfect balance between the rocky soils in Puente Alto, the cold winds that slide down from the Andes Mountains, the generous climate of the Maipo Valley, the number of years the vines have taken to yield their best grapes, and the meticulous and caring work of the human hand.\u201d\r\nThe signature wine from the exquisitely tended Puente Alto vineyard, Don Melchor celebrates its 30th\u00a0vintage with the 2016 release. Set at the foot of the Andes Mountains on the northern banks of the Maipo River in the Upper Maipo Valley, 650 meters above sea level, the vineyard dates back to the mid-19th century, when the first pre-phylloxera French varieties were brought to Chile. Today, the vineyard consists of 127 hectares, divided into seven parcels, 90% of which are Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.1% are Cabernet Franc, 1.9% are Merlot, and 1% are Petit Verdot. Each parcel has been subdivided in order for very specific, detailed work that responds to the particular needs of each plant, row by row, to achieve the perfect balance with the weather characteristics of each year. Average vine age is over 30 years.\r\nEvery year, Winemaker Enrique Tirado travels to the small town of Lamarque, Bordeaux, France, to meet with renowned Bordeaux consultant Eric Boissenot, to taste approximately 150 lots from the vineyard and determine which lots, and in which proportions, will go into the new vintage of Don Melchor. Once the final blend has been defined, the new vintage of Don Melchor is transferred to French oak barrels from the Allier, Tron\u00e7ois, and Nevers forests. Nearly two-thirds of the barrels are new, and the remaining third have had one prior use. After 14\u201315 months, the wine is bottled and aged for another year to develop the complexity and elegance that Don Melchor is known for. |
| Price: | $ 134.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from BASSER’S Fine Wine
| Address: |
6240 Coral Ridge Drive Coral Springs, FL 33076 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 954-840-3122 |
First added to 1000 Corks on March 7, 2023.
