Crafted by the old master, Ignacio Recabarren, from old vines at Pirque, a gravelly terroir among the best in the whole of Chile for Cabernet. About 17 months in French barrels, 80% new. Includes a drop of Cabernet Franc. Distinguished cedar and cassis aromas. Delectably silky and refined, with superfine tannins, and the bittersweet black-fruit core garnished with fascinating aromatics of tobacco and spice. Ambition fully realised here, splendid wine. Now-2014

Product Code: CON407

Concha y Toro, with roots in Chile dating back to 1883, is a huge enterprise - one of the largest 15 wine businesses in the world - which now embraces a number of big volume Chilean brands, including Cono Sur, Casillero del Diablo, Maycas de Limarí, plus Almaviva, an icon collaboration with the Rothschilds. Whilst this is a consistently impressive wine conglomerate, particular strengths are:
• Pinot Noir - Cono Sur started a “Pinot Noir project” in 1999, with the aim of producing the best Pinot Noir in Chile, and the linked estates are now the largest Pinot Noir producers in the world.
• The low volume Terrunyo range of wines from specific terroirs within Chile , i.e Sauvignon Blanc from Casablanca, and the Cabernet above from Pirque in Maipo.