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97-Points by James Suckling.
Deep and serious with black olives, blackberries, blueberries, tobacco leaf, sweet red capsicum, ash, dried meat and a hint of black chocolate. This is a more direct, full-bodied Don Melchor, filled with solid blackberries and wrapped by tight, fine-grained tannins. Long and deep.
Blend: 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 1% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot fermented in stainless steel followed by malolactic in barrel and 15 months élevage in 71% new French barriques.
 
Don Melchor, named after Concha Y Toro’s founder, is among Chile’s most-acclaimed wines and a Cabernet that belongs in every conversation about world-class interpretations of this singular varietal. Winemaker Enrique Tirado says of his vision for the wine, “Don Melchor’s style, complexity, and elegance are the extension of the perfect balance between the rocky soils in Puente Alto, the cold winds that slide down from the Andes Mountains, the generous climate of the Maipo Valley, the number of years the vines have taken to yield their best grapes, and the meticulous and caring work of the human hand.”
1. Quality
Top 100 Wine - Wine Spectator, Wine & Spirits, James
Suckling. First Chilean wine to appear on Wine Spectator's
Top 100.
2. Heritage
30 years of history, first icon wine of Chile, first icon
Cabernet Sauvignon of Chile.
3. Bordeaux Influence
Bordeaux rootstock and varieties, expertly crafted and
blended by Enrique Tirado alongside Bordeaux consultants
Jacques and Eric Boissenot since the first vintage.
4. Terroir
7 distinct Cabernet Sauvignon parcels vinified into 151
individual lots to fully express Puente Alto terroir.