2008 Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Don Melchor
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In 2008 Chile was entrenched in a commitment to ripeness. Don Melchor took another path. Made during a warm year, this blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Franc, is purple with a brick dust meniscus and dominated by restrained flavors of black fruit jam, raspberries and hints of camphor. On the palate it has just a hint of lushness with some warmth and fine, reactive tannins growing ever more complex. Pleasant already but the future is truly promising.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc. Aged for 15 months in French oak barrels (72% new, 28% second-use). A little awkward tannin quality and out of kilter at the moment. Pretty chewy still. (JR)
The 2008 Don Melchor is a blend of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Cabernet Franc that is aged for 15 months in French oak (72% new and 28% one-year old.) It has a crisp, precise nose of blackberry, fish scale and fresh black olives. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins on the entry. It is grippy in the mouth with good weight, but manages to retain fine focus and builds nicely to a citrus-fresh finish with touches of orange peel and marmalade. Drink 2014-2020. Concha y Toro needs no introduction. I did not have time to visit their facility, but driving past it, one could not help but be impressed by its size. For many around the world, Concha y Toro forms their entrance to Chilean wine. With an exhausting array of wines from seemingly every corner of Chile, I found their wines to play it safe. Few reached the standards I expected, even if many represent good value. At the top end, the wines were good rather than great vis-a-vis its peers, with the notable exception of the Don Melchor. Importer: Excelsior Wine Company; www.banfivintners.com
Dark crimson. Sweet, black fruits, attractive and easy even if not that complex. A candified start and then some leathery fruit. Still lots of fine-grained tannin and quite a bit of alcohol on the finish but not fatally so. Falls away a little on the end. Well-handled fruit and oak and just a little astringent at present. (JR)