Community Tasting Notes 60

• Harley1199 wrote:

  January 1, 2024 - Bottle bought in Guatemala more than ten years ago and opened fourteen hours before New Year’s lunch. Cork in a pristine condition. About thirteen years old, bottled in November 2010, and still maintains a dark core like the gates of hell with some watery ruby-colored edges. On the nose, Cassis notes predominate, plus blackcurrants and cedar, lots of plank. Already in the mouth what it offers can be found in hundreds of labels from Vancouver to Valdivia, namely good structure, dry glyceric texture, acidity that clings to the throat. Tannic finish still to be solved. Dry aftertaste result of that feeling of newly serrated plank. Fortunately the alcoholic volume of 14.7% does not bother. Like an ordinary supertuscan.
  The truth is that I have always considered Concha y Toro a winery of wines well elaborated but without soul and this without forgetting the funny story they tell of Casillero del Diablo. With this bottle things have not changed. New World class urgently needs a forceful dish of food. Napa cabs lovers, here’s where to start. Too many points and fame for what it really is. I’m sorry. HNY!
  The wise men, like sediments, are coming, starting with Melchor, from the sands, but they’re waiting for me in Paris.
  
  Botella comprada en Guatemala hace más de diez años y abierta catorce horas antes del almuerzo de Año Nuevo. Corcho en una condición prístina. Sobre trece años, embotellado en noviembre del 2010, y todavía mantiene un núcleo oscuro como las puertas del infierno con acuosos bordes color rubí. En nariz predominan las notas a Cassis, grosellas negras y madera, mucha madera. Monótono y también un poco monolítico. Ya en boca lo que ofrece puede ser encontrado en centenares de etiquetas desde Vancouver hasta Valdivia, a saber, buena estructura, seca textura glicérica, acidez que se agarra a la garganta. Final tánico todavía pendiente de resolver. Seco retrogusto resultado de esa sensación de tablón recientemente serrado. Afortunadamente el volumen alcohólico de 14.7% no molesta. Como un súper toscano vulgar.
  La verdad es que siempre he considerado a Concha y Toro una bodega de vinos bien elaborados pero sin alma y ello sin olvidarnos de la divertida historia que cuentan de Casillero del Diablo. Con esta botella las cosas no han cambiado. Clase del Nuevo Mundo que necesita con urgencia un plato contundente de comida. Amantes de los cabs de Napa, aquí tenéis por donde empezar. Demasiados puntos y fama para lo que realmente es. Lo siento. ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
  Ya vienen los reyes magos, empezando por Melchor, por los arenales pero justo antes me esperan en París.

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• johnnyo Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 27, 2023 - Very good!

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• IvanLi Likes this wine: 95 points

  September 21, 2023 - This is a well developed but still well alive Cab with nose of beef blood, plums, prunes, smoky oak, spices, rose hip, eucalyptus, raisins.
  Great structure with refreshing acidity, filigree tannic spine, salty sweet moderate finish.
  A really excellent , mature red.

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• OldHick95 Likes this wine: 96 points

  June 16, 2023 - Nose of Creme de Cassis, and cedar. Remarkably fresh with juicy dark cherry and black plums. Succulent finish with cherry juice, and cocoa. Integeated tannins.

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• Martin_G wrote: 92 points

  January 6, 2022 - So fresh i had to scratch my eyes.. 2009? This bottle could have gone a decade more, easy. Classic new world bdx blend. Very interesting combination of fruit and depth - and rather different to my previous bottle (as I recall). Drink or hold.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Concha y Toro
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Don Melchor
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Chile
• Region Maipo Valley
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Puente Alto
• UPC Codes 082734314943, 6001497404566, 7070330643621, 7070337671887, 7804320413143

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• In Cellars 934 (56%)
• Consumed 743 (44%)

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