2022 Don Melchor
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Winemaker Enrique Tirado came over to London to present this latest vintage of a blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot from Chile’s Cabernet heartland and a relatively cool, dry growing season. The alcohol (15% on the label) is the highest yet for this exceptional Chilean red. Heady nose that somehow suggests sweet ink. Round, smooth texture and with a sweeter start than I remember the remarkable 2021 but then it resolved into something a bit more savoury with stony sensations on the finish. Very supple tannins. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2022 Don Melchor spent 15 months in 72% new oak barrels and lands somewhere between the open-knit ease of 2021 and the tense introversion of 2020. A coiled, dark-fruited nose of tobacco leaves, dried herbs, graphite and dark chocolate transitions to a slow-moving, velvety palate. It concludes with a taut, inward finish of gently chewy tannins that regenerates the graphite-laden intensity found on the nose. With time in the glass, its structural burliness softened and melded with additional layers of chocolate-driven richness. This could possibly merit a higher score with additional time in bottle to slightly congeal the finish. It's a blend of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot.
Blackcurrants, cassis and graphite on the nose. Pure and fragrant. Full-bodied with superb density and tannins that are so polished. The texture is like touching a silk ball. Its finish is very long and compact with slightly chewy tannins, but it will come together beautifully with time in the bottle. Try after 2028.