Concha Y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Don Melchor 2006

ARRIVING MID APRIL! TAKING ORDERS AND REQUESTS NOW! PRICE WILL GO UP AFTER ARRIVAL SO PLACE YOUR REQUEST NOW TO SECURE THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICE. THIS PRICE DOES NOT DISCOUNT FURTHER. THIS IS THE LOWEST PRICE WE WILL OFFER THIS WINE FOR ALL YEAR LONG!!!! - 94 PTS FROM WINE SPECTATOR!! - A dark, muscular style, with black currant, braised fig, maduro tobacco, bittersweet cocoa and loam notes that all roll together through the dense but polished finish. There's impressive power for the vintage, along with precision and balance. Drink now through 2018. 20,000 cases made. JM MARCH 2009 ISSUE - Nick's read more...Staff Notes - Don Melchor is the top of the line of the winery Concha Y Toro which is a huge favorite of Wine Spectator. Wine Spectator awarded the 2001 and the 2003 Don Melchor with the 4th placement on their respective TOP 100 WINES OF THE WORLD for Wine Spectator. Robert Parker of The Wine Advocate, is a fan in particular, of the Don Melchor. He has giving it 93 or 94 plus ratings for the last 7 years in a row. While The Wine Advocate has not yet rated the 2006 yet, it was a strong vintage in Argentina!    (hide)

March 2009

The 2006 Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon is a glass-coating opaque purple with an alluring bouquet of toast, tobacco, cedar, leather, mocha, and blackcurrant. Sweet, voluptuous (but not in a fruit bomb kind of way), layered, and complex already, its s... Robert Parker. A Cabernet Sauvignon wine from Maipo in Chile. 2006 Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Vineyard 750ml

May 2009

CONCHA y TORO Don Melchor 2006

Puente Alto, Chile; Desde 1883

Okay, I bought this rare prize from local Wine specialty shop, contained within giant super store, courtesy education grazie to Steward David Stanley, who is doing a great job revamping the actual wine market for this whole Super store chain, all by his lonesome self. Bravo David, e continuare prego lo sforzo eccellente portare in vini fini intorno dal lui mondo. (and please to keep up the excellent effort to bring in fine wines from around the world.)

Initial bottle whiffs reveal bright red raspberry read more...notes, just a hint charred pineapple, slight yeast roll dough. The nose in der glass turns to deep bouquet e deep dark kirsch and black fruits like currant, the lava flow soft coats the glass with each revolution, as if in slow-mo and ist completely pitch Black Lagoon like velvet opaqueness.

A time warp of minutes to allow it to open, first sip brings again deepness, a huge fruit balance, a giant layered lush mouthful, not in any sense harsh but a impact statement of ageless tannin structures and construct like unto “go ahead, give me 10 more years, then I’ll really show thy something!”

This moves through to a graceful introduction on palette with a midweight mass, or mouthfeel, but not heavy, of lava flow smooth consistency and endless layering of flavors, like a stroll down a never ending dark hallway lit with black lights, savory spice edges, counter wt. of restrained acidity, easy luxury und so very eloquent.

This is lovely, noble, silted, black currants cassis flows like electricity with no shock, just old-friend re-assurance finish, lasting some 43 seconds, serving up messages of ‘age me as thou will, I am here in quiet gloriousness and pageantry..’
-I checked the temp: exactly 61 degrees… so I slowly lowered it to 55.
Was it even more spectacular?
Yes, yes it was. Lowering the temp opened up and filled in and softened the tannin structures like cranking up a 2000 sub woofer in the Hummer, and sparkled more spice edge layered over this foundation as well as any Monster Red like this would have…Call it Señor Don Merchorica a Cabernet Monstrosorus from Chile, but no terror here, just exquisite terrior in full display. Amen to that.

I am looking so forward to opening the 2nd bottle next weekend adventure in vin? Is truly like a the experiencing the trappings of life in the Palace at Versailles for the cost of a LUX POD condo in downtown London. Salute!    (hide)

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• 96 pts.
• velvet
• timeless
• elegante

April 2009

WE 94Pts - WS 94Pts - Tasting Notes - A dark, muscular style, with black currant, braised fig, maduro tobacco, bittersweet cocoa and loam notes that all roll together through the dense but polished finish. There's impressive power for the vintage, along with precision and balance. Drink now through 2018.

June 2009

WA 95pts. - WE 94Pts - WS 94Pts - According the Wine Advocate: The 2006 Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon is a glass-coating opaque purple with an alluring bouquet of toast, tobacco, cedar, leather, mocha, and blackcurrant. Sweet, voluptuous (but not in a fruit bomb kind of way), layered, and complex already, its superb balance will ensure at least a decade of evolution and it should drink well through 2036. According to the Wine Spectator: A dark, muscular style, with black currant, braised fig, maduro tobacco, bittersweet cocoa and loam notes that all roll together through the dense but polished read more...finish. There's impressive power for the vintage, along with precision and balance. Drink now through 2018.    (hide)

June 2009

- Tasted at Lee's Wine Experience 11/7/09

November 2009