DON MELCHOR Cabernet Sauvignon - Puente Alto 2020 Bottle - NO DISCOUNT

Description

Once again, this vintage has had a fabulous reception from the critics including that given by Samantha Cole for Jancis Robinson.

JANCIS ROBINSON (18++)! - “Rich, dense, black fruit and volcanic rockiness on the nose. The palate is dense and structured. Firm, acid backbone, high tannin with a crushed-velvet quality, rich black cherry and cocoa with just a whisper of vanilla and spice hiding behind a sheer wall of fruit.”

JAMES SUCKLING 97 points - "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. 92% cabernet sauvignon, 6% cabernet franc, 1% merlot and 1% petit verdot. Better after 2024."

TIM ATKIN 96 points - “It has alluring graphite and dried herb aromas, cassis, fig and red berry fruit, serious but not overwhelming tannins and more finesse and freshness in its youth than the 2017 with which Tirado rightly compares it.”