February 12, 2021 - Still very much alive. Generous, rather international style. No complexity but perfectly palatable.
June 15, 2017 - although fruit has disappeared , still a very attractive bottle revealing lots of secondary flavours , paired well at the BBQ with lamb and grilled eggplant and mushrooms , drink soon
January 1, 2013 - It took it good 20-30min for this to come together and continued to develop after that. Most fruit flavors have disappeared by now, so this offers mostly secondary ones - leather, dust, smoke. I am not sure this will improve any further, but the drinking window posted here is definitely too short - the wine drinks just fine. Not an amazing wine, but a good pleasant surprise.
October 2, 2011 - Probably waited too long to drink this wine. Could have been smoother. A bit of an after taste.
March 16, 2011 - First of all, this has a well structured, tannic backbone that gives this life welll beyond the 'CT' drinking window, this was still quite 'fresh', but whether it will improve or not is the question, no need for those with the '59' bottles to drink up, but not sure how much it will benefit in the cellar - Very dark, full bodied with a nose of extreme plum, ceder, tobacco, spice and vanilla, nicely structured and balanced, decent complexity, quite green, but sweet, smooth on the palate with good length, quite tasty (89 Points).
December 25, 2009 - Dark ruby colour. Big red fruit on nose and palate. Nice wine
May 8, 2009 - OK, but not great in any respect. Still looking for a South American wine worth buying other than malbec.
March 14, 2009 - Well, what can I say? Representing a very pure Merlot, this last bottle bought in Chile, MundoVino in Santiago on 2005, had not soul.Yeah, bitter chocolate (of french oak) and silky plums but without good feeling. Short finish and still violet colour; that is all.Thinking on chilean wines, my first choice is, without any doubt, Camenére: similar to Merlot but more expressive in this terroir. Everybody knows Bordeaux Merlot is for early drinking; maybe this company with a french origin, has the same way.In any case, never five years laying down. Really disappointed.
Bueno, ¿qué puedo decir? Esta botella representa un merlot puro (chocolate amargo y ciruelas) pero sin alma. De tintos chilenos, siempre pienso en camanére, muy parecida a la merlot pero más expresiva en la tierra chilena. Quizás esta compañía de origen francés, requiera el mismo tratamiento que en Burdeos: un pronto consumo y no esperar cinco años. Última botella de las compradas en Mundovino en Santiago en el 2005. Realmente desilusionado con esta botella.
February 9, 2009 - Dark fruit with notes of earth, spice. Good acidity and integrated tannins - good buy.
January 1, 2009 - A little too tart for me. Kate liked it but I don't think I will be getting anymore.