2010 Miguel Torres Cabernet Sauvignon Manso de Velasco Viejas Vinas Curico Valley

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  11/27/2021 - forceberry wrote: 89 Points

  Fruit sourced exclusively from Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards which are over 100 years old. Macerated with the skins for 32 days. Aged for 16 months in French barriques, 70% of which were new. Bottled unfiltered in June 2013. 14% alcohol, 2 g/l residual sugar, 4,7 g/l acidity, pH 3,7. Total production 38,200 bottles.
  
  Dense, inky and fully opaque reddish-black color with an evolved terracotta hue towards the edge. Very powerful, concentrated and expressive nose with intense aromas of sweet cassis, some herbaceous notes of bell pepper, light plummy tones, a little bit of leafy greenness, a hint of blueberry juice, a touch of savory wood spice and a boozy whiff of alcohol. The wine is very dense, chewy and concentrated on the palate with a very full body and intense flavors of ripe blackcurrants and sweet dark plums, some leafy notes of currant leaves, a little bit of juicy blueberry, light oaky notes of savory wood spice and toasty mocha character, a hint of damp earth and a touch of extracted woody bitterness. The overall feel is very structured and muscular with assertive, grippy tannins and surprisingly high acidity. The finish is concentrated, quite grippy and rather tightly-knit with intense and very lengthy flavors of ripe blackcurrants, some wizened dark plums, a little bit of ripe blueberry, light oaky notes of savory wood spice and sweet cocoa, a hint of extracted woody bitterness and a herbaceous touch of leafy greenness. The high alcohol lends some warmth to the aftertaste.
  
  A massive bruiser of a wine. I have to admit that it is impressive how much concentration and power one can pack into one wine and still make it feel surprisingly balanced and structured with its high acidity and ample yet well-proportioned tannins. This kind of huge, monolithic wine is as far as possible from my stylistic preferences, but I must admit this is much better than I anticipated. Although this is still quite over-the-top, the wine has lost that exuberant richness and clumsiness that most young Manso de Velascos seem to exhibit, and is definitely evolving in the right direction. I'm positive this will never become a graceful, sophisticated Cab, but seeing how relatively youthful the wine still is at the age of 11 years, I wouldn't be surprised if it continued to improve for another decade or two. A positive surprise; fans of huge, extracted new world Cabs can easily add another 4 or 5 points to my score.

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  7/24/2016 - Cabernetking wrote:

  Good wine at a good price for the quality. $550 pesos or roughly $35 USD was a good prie for a big drinking Chilean Cabernet.

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  11/20/2015 - maxima wrote: 85 Points

  Bu à la soirée Dégustation VIP de la SAQ de Bromont du 18 novembre 2015!
  Nez sur les poivrons et l'eucalyptus.
  En bouche beaucoup de cassis et de prunes, tannins asséchants et gommants, finale longue et boisé.
  Pas mon genre du tout.

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  11/17/2015 - Francois Le Mouel Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The color is extremely young and deep. The nose and the palate reminds me of a Shafer Hillside Select, with just a little less refinement. Not sure I would have called a Chilean Cabernet, but more a Napa Valley Cab. The palate is also extremely young and structured and should evolve for at least 10 years. Really nice wine that can still be enjoyed now (decant for at least 2 hours) but without all the complexities that should develop in the future. Would love to revisit that wine in 2025.

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  10/9/2014 - chatters wrote:

  Six nations tasting (Pyrmont): Ripe black currant, herbaceous notes…more of the same on the palate. Okay.

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