The layered complexity in this wine is astonishing given its price tag, as Cabernets with this sort of nuanced sophistication usually cost at least twice as much. Fashioned in an international style, yet retaining some of the herbaceous edge so typical of Chilean reds, it is a wine that over delivers with each sip. Given its well-defined structure, it should age gracefully for five to ten years, but is so tasty now that there is no reason to defer gratification.
Casa Lapostolle, Colchagua Valley (Chile) Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
By Paul Lukacs