Partly aged in used oak and partly aged in stainless steel. It’s rich and packed with fruit and very much a New World wine in character. Revealing notes of sage, mulberry, and red plum, the Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc is a sophisticated, silky smooth wine with fine firm tannins and an unctuous, long lasting finish. Maquis 2012 Cabernet Franc Gran Reserva Colchagua ($20) 90+ The Gran Reserva confirms the special role that Cabernet Franc plays at Maquis. A blend of 52% Carmenere, 35% Syrah, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot matured 14 months in French barriques, 25% new. It’s an inky dark wine, both in color and flavor with a real sense of place. Showing a rich, perfumed nose of cigar box, liqueur-like dark plum, and bouquet garni, the 2010 Lien is a densely flavored, voluptuous wine with good complexity and depth of flavor. Maquis 2010 Lien Red Blend Colchagua ($30) 91 Almost opaque red.
He has consulted with some of the world’s top wine estates-Chateau Yquem, Leoville Las Cases, Dominus, Opus One, etc. from the University of Bordeaux in enology. A native of Bordeaux, Xavier is a terroir specialist with a Ph.D. Xavier Choné is consulting winemaker and vineyard manager at Viña Maquis while Bordeaux’s Eric Boissenot advises on the blending. 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot matured 18 months in barriques.
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Aromas of dried flowers and dark cassis give way to a very full palate with sumptuous, pure notes of cassis and blackberry. Viña Quebrada de Macul 2011 Domus Aurea Cabernet Sauvignon Upper Maipo ($65) 94 This is a firmly structured, very rich and flavorful wine. A blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 10% Carmenere, and 3% Syrah. Dense and fruit-rich, it’s almost unctuous in its concentration with a fine tannic structure and a super-rich finish. Smooth on the palate, it reveals black currant, licorice, and hints of cigar box and mesquite. Viña Pargua 2010 Anka Upper Maipo ($22) 92 This is an extraordinary wine for the price it’s elegant and packed with flavor. The Domus Aurea is made from the low-yielding Viña Quebrada de Macul, located in the foothills of the Andes in the Upper Maipo Valley. Anka is made with organically grown grapes and is aged in French oak barriques for twelve months. Emilion and also in Uruguay before moving to Chile. Jean-Pascal studied at Montpelier and made wine in St. Jean-Pascal Lacaze makes Anka and Domus Aurea. It’s a big wine, with a touch of bitterness on the finish.
Apaltagua 2014 Malbec Reserva Colchagua ($13) 87 Showing a potpourri of garden herbs and dark fruit on the nose, the 2014 Malbec reveals concentrated flavors of black fruit with prominent herbaceous and mineral notes. Showing hints of tobacco, cedar, dark cherry and cassis on the nose, the Signature Cab surprises on the palate with a lush texture and complex flavors, showing cherry, chocolate, and tobacco with excellent purity, depth and balance, finishing with a delicious, fresh, tangy extract. Apaltagua 2013 Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Maipo ($40) 91 Dark ruby. The tannins are just right-present but fine and round, making this wine a good accompaniment to lighter meats. It’s fruit forward, softly textured and of medium weight with a long, refreshing aftertaste. Today he splits his winemaking duties between Chile and Provence.Īpaltagua 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva Colchagua ($13) 89 Showing an enticing saturated ruby red color, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon reveals spicy red plum with hints of licorice and mulberry.
41% Carmenere, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Syrah.īenjamin Mei is a native of France who studied winemaking in Burgundy and made wine in Pouilly-Fuissé, Languedoc-Roussillon and Bordeaux before moving to Chile to make wine at Apaltagua.
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It reveals a ripe character with hints of baking spice and cracked pepper complementing the rich dark fruit. Antiyal 2013 Antiyal Maipo Valley ($85) 93+ Showing a notes of elderberries, blackberries and slate like minerals, the 2013 Antiyal is an unctuous wine, but it offers a fine focus and firm tannins that make it a great food wine. 56% Syrah, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Carmenere, and 4% Petit Verdot. The wine is ripe but fresh in character with fine tannins on a long finish. He farms organically and was the first in Chile to adopt biodynamic farming practices.Īntiyal 2013 Kuyen Maipo Valley ($45) Kuyen offers excellent weight and balance, showing a spicy nose of cedar and dark berries and a softly-textured, flavorful, mouth filling palate of rich blackberry with just a hint of chocolate. A native of Chile, Alvaro received his enology degree from the University of Bordeaux and worked in Bordeaux before returning to Chile. Alvaro Espinoza makes Antiyal and Kuyen wines in Chile’s Maipo Valley, located near Santiago.
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