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Santa Rita Casa Real Cabernet Sauvignon(1997)
- Winery:
- Viña Santa Rita
- Varietal:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region:
- Chile > Central Valley > Maipo Valley
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- berry, black currant, resinous, intense, caramel, color descriptors, character, mature, chocolate, dessert
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June 2007
- Intense ruby-red colored wine, of complex varietal aroma, dominated by mature fruits, plum and blackcurrant and enriched by characters of tobacco, vanilla, chocolate and cloves, from the oak. In the mouth, it is a wine with great body and concentration, where mature tannins combine to give expression on the palate, protect the life of the wine and prolong its persistence. Decanting before serving is suggested.
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Source:
Flickinger Wines
- IWC 88 (4/2000): Deep ruby-red. Smoky, sweet aromas of black raspberry, cassis, iron, graphite and spicy oak. Round and supple, but given cut and clarity by ripe acids. Blackcurrant and mineral flavors offer very good intensity. Finishes with ripe tannins and good length. I might have scored this even higher but for a faint dry spot in the middle. Still, it offers a lot of character.
