2019 Los Vascos Cromas Cabernet Franc Colchagua Valley Chile

2019 Los Vascos Cromas Cabernet Franc Colchagua Valley Chile

LOS VASCOS

CROMAS CABERNET FRANC
GRAN RESERVA 2019
COLCHAGUA VALLEY, CHILE

2019 Los Vascos Cromas Cabernet Franc Colchagua Valley Chile
Spanish conquistadors brought viticulture to Chile in the 16th century. Today, the country boasts some of the world’s most prime vineyard land attracting foreign investment from some of the world’s most respected producers. After years of extensive soil research and tasting many wines to determine the potential of numerous unique sites, Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) acquired the Los Vascos estate in 1988.
 
Chateau Lafite’s technical director made several calculated decisions in planting new vines and restructuring existing vineyards, relying on his expertise gained while working for one of Bordeaux’s famous First Growths. The Cromas wine is 100% Cabernet Franc from fruit grown on granite hillsides in the Colchagua Valley, aptly named for the colorful composition of unique flavors in this wine from a Chilean terroir with a French pedigree. It’s simply stunning for this price.
 
LOS VASCOS
CROMAS CABERNET FRANC
GRAN RESERVA 2019
COLCHAGUA VALLEY, CHILE
 
Your Price: $28
 
 
“Los Vascos 2019 Cromas Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc opens with enticing aromas of cloves, cedar, Maraschino cherry, dried herbs, black pepper, and cinnamon sticks. On the palate, the wine has a supple mouthfeel with soft tannins and flavors of red plum, ripe raspberry, chocolate fudge, and cola. The flavor intensity lingers on the palate for a long, smooth finish and irresistible drinkability.”
93 Points
2017 Ventisquero Grey [Glacier] Garnacha-Carinena-Mataro Colchagua Valley

2017 Ventisquero Grey [Glacier] Garnacha-Carinena-Mataro Colchagua Valley Chile

VENTISQUERO

GREY [GLACIER] 2017 GARNACHA-CARINENA-MATARO 
COLCHAGUA VALLEY CHILE

2017 Ventisquero Grey [Glacier] Garnacha-Carinena-Mataro Colchagua Valley
Ventisquero winery is where Chile’s most renowned growing regions merge with creativity, drive, and honoring tradition. Global winemaker Felipe Tosso guides them to craft accessibly priced wines representative of their origins. Their Grey [Glacier] Single-Block Garnacha-Cariena-Mataro seizes the essence of the La Roblería Vineyard in Colchagua Valley and transports it to your glass with expert balance, rich flavors, and site-specific nuance. Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate notes, “concentration and power,” and at $23, the value is apparent. 
 
Carved from a single hillside Block within the La Roblería Vineyard and selected for its colluvial, rocky, nutrient-deficient soils and western exposure, which is very important for Cariñena and Mataro to reach their optimum maturity. 
 
Stretching value to the limits, Ventisquero’s avant-garde approach to winemaking emphasizes blending unique varieties. Creating an alliance of Spanish grapes Garnacha, Cariñena, and Mataro, this traditional Mediterranean blend matches New World fruit with Old World balance and complexity.
 
VENTISQUERO
GREY [GLACIER]
2017 GARNACHA-CARINENA-MATARO 
COLCHAGUA VALLEY CHILE
 
Your Price: $23
 
 
“I found ripe red fruit in the 2017 Grey GCM, a Mediterranean blend of 62% Garnacha and 19% each Cariñena and Mataró (Monastrell) with more concentration and power, still fresh for a warm year and a warm place like Apalta. It has fine-grained tannins and a soft texture, nice balance…”
92 Points
 
“A clean and fruity wine with juicy fruit, lemon rind and apple skin aromas and flavors. Medium body, light tannins and a flavorful finish. A blend of garnacha, carinena and mataro… ”
91 Points