Hacienda Araucano

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  January 2013

  Jacques & Francois Lurton Hacienda Araucano Clos de Lolol Colchagua Valley 2008

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  I tried to find this wine 6 months ago after purchasing the last bottle locally. They no longer carry this one. I even went to the point of checking into shipping direct from Chile. I am ready to purchase this wine. Help! Read More

  Wine review by Jonar

  
  
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  January 2013

  Jacques & Francois Lurton Hacienda Araucano Clos de Lolol Colchagua Valley 2008

  Snoothrank:

  Pretty and perfumed with scents of french oak and vanilla framing the core of red currant and black cherry fruit. This has a fine herbal steak to it and a lightly floral top note that recalls fennel and citrus flowers. A little light on entry, this flashes a hint of white chocolate early on the palate, which is followed by a nice combination of ... Read More

  Wine review by Gregory Dal Piaz

  
  
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  September 2011

  Hacienda Araucano Lurton Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley 2008

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  Smooth chocolatey nose with the kind of wood aromas that I like in a wine, not overdone at all. The mouth has a dry, kind of funky earth attack, with some chalkiness and apple fruit acidity in the middle, and a smooth finish that shows a hint of white pepper. Read More

  Wine review by Chris Carpita

  
  
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  September 2011

  Hacienda Araucano Lurton Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley 2008

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  Smooth and balanced cocoa and spice aromas. Palate is almost sweet, with loads of candied red fruit on the attack, melting into dark blackberries and well integrated oak the whole way through. Finishes with a bit of tar. Read More

  Wine review by mark

  
  
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  September 2011

  Hacienda Araucano Lurton Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley 2008

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  Both tastes and looks (you have to look hard) like chocolate. Spicy and a little tart at first, with tannins that overpower the fruit, but leave a nice, if slightly strong, finish. Read More

  Wine review by Kyle Graynor

  
  
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  September 2011

  Hacienda Araucano Lurton Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley 2008

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  This wine is has a very spicy nose, with a very herbal finish. Hints of cracked pepper and chocolate, with a very bitter lingering feeling at the end. Read More

  Wine review by rjpease

  
  
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  July 2011

  Hacienda Araucano Reserva Valle de Colchagua 2009

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  Peppery and spicy on the nose with some candied blueberry fruit and a nice touch of black currant, with a minty herbal top note. A bit round on entry with a fairly polished feel thats bolstered by the woody sweetness on the mid-palate. This is bright with nice juicy fruit but that extra touch of sweetness sticks around on the finish making this ... Read More

  Wine review by Gregory Dal Piaz

  
  
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  July 2011

  Hacienda Araucano Alka Colchagua Valley 2007

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  This is fairly sweet and candied on the nose with smoky, asphalt notes and hints of bitter chocolate and chalk over a deep coulis of astringent red fruits. This is lush with the acid almost completely hidden until the mid-palate, where it pops through the cover of fruit lending brightness to the astringent red fruited mid-palate. Theres a lovely... Read More

  Wine review by Gregory Dal Piaz

  
  

• June 2011

  Carmenere has become Chile’s go-to grape. This outcast of Bordeaux found ... ... in their budget. 2007 Hacienda Araucano Alka Colchagua Valley, 14.5%, $50This is fairly sweet and candied on the nose with smoky, asphalt notes and hints of bitter chocolate and chalk over a deep coulis of astringent red fruits. This is lush with the acid almost ... Read More

  From the article Discovering Carmenere

  
  
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  June 2011

  Araucano Carmenere Colchagua Valley 2009

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  red and black pepper on the nose with a little spice, currants, and menthol. the palate extends to spicy black pepper, black fruit. fruit more prevalent on palate than the nose. very nice! Read More

  Wine review by Nicki Gig

  
  

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