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1999 Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Don Melchor
Cabernet Sauvignon
- Chile
- Maipo Valley
- Puente Alto
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Community Tasting Notes 69
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rekkie58 Likes this wine: 89 points
March 21, 2023 - Amazing to have this again 6 years later, brownish rim, pepperish, graphite, humus, mushroom, some bitterness in the aftertaste due to tannins I suppose, nice (re)discovery, anyhow this bottle being very good
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Magic Slim wrote: 93 points
March 18, 2020 - Just a splendid long-tailed cab. Lots still going on on the nose and tongue. Fading at the edges so wouldn't leave it too long. For years thought that this was the most overhyped wine ever (sorry, I know that's not true even as a write it). Later releases were tasted and quickly forgotten and this was the last of the modestly priced vintages - after this year the price tripled as I recall.
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englishman's claret wrote: 91 points
March 3, 2020 - Amazing that at one time 13.5% Cabernet Sauvignon seemed so uncommon! The 99 Don Melchor shows a bell pepper, leather, and ripe plum profile, augmented on the palate by something vaguely savory, almost prosciutto like. This is relatively well balanced, though there’s some heat on the palate. Pleasant enough EC 91, but perhaps best for consumption in the near term.
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G_H wrote: 95 points
November 2, 2019 - Gravy some leather, tons of umamiand extremely long. Either this is an extraordinary bottle or this wine just rocks.
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maxima wrote: 87 points
September 24, 2019 - Semble réduit, fané, encore sur le bois et
un peu de cassis.
Assez long et capiteux, relents de fumée.
Ordinaire, au mieux.1 person found this helpful Comment
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By Joaquín Hidalgo
The Many Different Chiles of Chile (Mar 2020), 3/1/2020 (link)(Don Melchor Don Melchor Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/4/2019 (link)(Concha y Toro, Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Michael Apstein
Don Melchor vertical, 6/4/2018 (link)(Concha y Toro, Don Melchor, Cabernet Sauvignon, Puente Alto, Maipo Valley, Chile, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/22/2013 (link)(Concha y Toro, Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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December 2011, Issue #34 (link)
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1999
- 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, 7804320270418, 7804320413143
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 315 (53%)
- Consumed 279 (47%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- CountryChile
- AppellationPuente Alto
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