Casas del Toqui Reserva Barrel Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2018

Size
750ML

ABV
14%

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Winemaker Notes

Wine & SpiritsTop 100 Best Buys of 2019

Very complex nose with hints of tobacco, spices and black fruits, and a soft hint of vanilla. Balanced with firm but silky tannins, good body and with a long and very persistent finish.

Pairs well with grilled meats and cheeses.

Professional Ratings

  • 92

    This has a leafy and gently lifted, rose-like floral edge with red-apple and cherry aromas, leading to a gently grainy palate that carries plenty of ripe-fruit flavor. Drink or hold.

  • 91
    A quiet, blueberry-scented Cabernet with a lovely herbal hum to the tannins, this is warm and spicy, its flavors pure. This delivers a lot of simple pleasure for $17.
  • 90

    Plum and berry aromas show a sprinkle of chocolaty oak. A plump fleshy palate is fruit-loaded, while this tastes of wild berry fruits, with a touch of wood spice. On the finish, this is more smoky but never sheds its dark-fruit essence.

Casas del Toqui

Casas del Toqui

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Casas del Toqui, South America
Casas del Toqui Winery Video

Many modern wine drinkers have passed Chilean wine by, but one group that hasn’t is the French—more specifically, many of the great châteaux of Bordeaux, who’ve shown unwavering belief in the quality of Chile’s terroirs. There was a time, not long ago, when Chilean (and Argentine) wine was the height of fashion, but these days, people many times forgets. One group that never gave up on Chile was the French, and more specifically, some of the greatest winemakers and châteaux of Bordeaux, who seized upon opportunities in the 1990s (as Chile re-emerged as a democracy after the Pinochet dictatorship) and haven’t looked back.

Of course, the other group that didn’t give up on Chile was the Chileans: Casas del Toqui was originally founded in 1994 by Bordeaux’s Château Larose-Trintaudon, which partnered with a group of local growers in the Cachapoal Valley, the northern sub-section of the Rapel Valley south of Santiago. The Court family of Chile has since acquired the estate, and has undertaken the hard work of producing the best wines in Chile.

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A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.

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Colchagua Valley Wine

Rapel Valley, Chile

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Well-regarded for intense and exceptionally high quality red wines, the Colchagua Valley is situated in the southern part of Chile’s Rapel Valley, with many of the best vineyards lying in the foothills of the Coastal Range.

Heavy French investment and cutting-edge technology in both the vineyard and the winery has been a boon to the local viticultural industry, which already laid claim to ancient vines and a textbook Mediterranean climate.

The warm, dry growing season in the Colchagua Valley favors robust reds made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Malbec and Syrah—in fact, some of Chile’s very best are made here. A small amount of good white wine is produced from Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

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