Peñalolen, Maipo Valley (Chile) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

 Good luck finding $20 Cabernet that is as distinctive and detailed as this wine.  I taste frightening numbers of Cabs in this price range — especially in my restaurant consulting business — and I don’t like your odds of finding any bottle out there that can match this level of character and complexity.  It is very indicative of its Maipo origins, with lots of cedar and eucalyptus notes especially in the bouquet, but there is also plenty of dark berry fruit to keep this from seeming too “out there” in stylistic terms.  You can find heavier Cabs in this price range, and lots that are loaded up with residual sugar to sell as by-the-glass bar pours, but this is in a class by itself in terms of intricacy.