About the Wine: This wine hails from the Maipo Valley in Central Chile. I have always found the wines from there to be fruit forward, accessible, and just sort of delicious. We'll see if this guy measures up.
About THIS Wine: Currants, tobacco, and cedar are all present on the nose. The palate has a playful quality. It gives up a good amount of fruit but not enough to be a fruit bomb. It has some wood notes and firm tannin, but it is not over oaky nor bracingly tannic. The 14% alcohol does show in the finish, but not in the "burns going down" way.
Drinking This Wine: Could be a sipping wine, but really wants some food. Preferably food that had hooves. This is really a steak wine.
Overall Impression: I have a lot worse and paid a lot more. This is a good value for the price.
Showing posts with label Penalolen Cabernet Sauvignon. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 23, 2015
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