Product Overview
Winery's Notes:
"This deep purple-coloured wine is aromatically very expressive, complex and intense with red fruit and berry aromas and floral notes of violets. It fills the mouth, displaying depth throughout, with a smooth entry, great energy and breadth and a long, expressive finish. With its elegant mouthfeel, this wine showcases harmony, depth and elegance."
Varietal Composition: 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 3% Merlot
Appellation: DO Puente Alto
Vineyard: Puente Alto Vineyard
Aging: 15 months in French oak barrels, 68% new, 32% second use
Winemaker: Enrique Tirado
99 Points - James Suckling
97 Points - Vinous
"The 2021 Don Melchor is dark garnet red in the glass. The restrained nose offers pure fruity notes such as blackcurrant with hints of leaves and black tea, refined woody aromas, and gentle touches of plum and red bell pepper. In the mouth, it’s intense with mild juiciness and rounded tannins. The taut palate gradually grows more profound as it develops cedar flavors at the back of the throat before the long, rewarding finish. A wine that is more suggestive than explicit as it slowly envelops you in its different layers. The added freshness brings out the clarity of the fruity flavors." -JH, Mar/2023
96 Points, "Highly Recommended", #1 on "Top 100 Wines of 2024" - Wine Spectator
"A remarkable effort that channels the finesse of the vintage with rich, muscular edges, offering a base of graphite and cassis notes that gather around elegant layers of dried rosemary and white pepper. The richly textured core of raspberry and plum flavors show precision and just enough acidity to keep things sailing onto the finish around well-integrated tannins and touches of cocoa. Best from 2026 through 2040. 18,300 cases made, 5,000 cases imported." -AR, 5/31/24
