Red Wine: 2021 | Don Melchor | Cabernet Sauvignon

The nose is quite shy at the moment but has an element of cassis beneath and a gravel graphite savoury note – the oak is present on the nose but surprisingly soft.

• Chilean wine Don Melchor vintage 2021 is chosen “WINE OF THE YEAR” by Wine Spectator 2024.
  

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Producer: Don Melchor

Vintage: 2021

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: Chile, Maipo Valley

The nose is quite shy at the moment but has an element of cassis beneath and a gravel graphite savoury note – the oak is present on the nose but surprisingly soft. A rich unctuous mouthfeel with wonderful acidity and freshness – texturally the tannins are almost clay like, fine, rounded but with a cooling presence. Rich and sweet fruits, cassis and cedar spice with a coffee note creeping through in the finish.

Producer Information

Don Melchor is a Chilean premium wine brand composed of the singular eponymous Cabernet Sauvignon. It is owned by Concha y Toro, one of the largest wine producers in South America. The Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced entirely from a 127 hectare (315 acre) vineyard in the Puente Alto DO. Located in the foothills of the Andes Mountains, here an altitude of 2100 feet (640 meters) above sea level creates ideal terroir for viticulture. The vineyard was first planted in 1890 with pre-phylloxera Bordeaux rootstock and all the vines growing today are massal selections of those original plants. The inaugural vintage was Don Melchor was in 1987 and has since become consistently critically lauded. The 1988 vintage was the first Chilean wine to be included on Wine Spectator’s annual Top 100 Wines list and has since appeared again every few vintages – including several times in the Top 10. Don Melchor is named after Melchor de Concha y Toro, a Chilean businessman who brought Bordeaux varieties to Chile and planted them in the Maipo river valley in the 1880s. He also founded the Concha y Toro winery.