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2009 Chakana Cabernet Sauvignon Maipe Reserve Mendoza
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2009 Chakana Cabernet Sauvignon Maipe Reserve Mendoza

Producer: Chakana
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: Argentina
Region: Argentina

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87 Points | International Wine Cellar , January/February 2011

($15) Full saturated ruby. Brooding, very primary aromas of cassis and herbs. Juicy and intense but a bit youthfully stunted; good flavor intensity here but seems a bit energetically extracted compared to the malbec. Not bad, but doesn't yet expand on the aftertaste.

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Until the early 1990s, Argentina's wine industry was focused inward, as the local market's thirst was sufficient to absorb the huge quantities of everyday drinking wine produced there. But with per-capita consumption in the domestic market in sharp decline since the mid-1970s, Argentina's wine producers realized that they had to look to export markets to remain in business, and winemaking in Argentina began its transformation.


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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon built its reputation on Bordeaux's Left Bank. Here, in the district of Medoc, the varietal is the key component of blended wines that also may include some Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and even Malbec and Petit Verdot. Moving slightly south, Cabernet Sauvignon meets Merlot in roughly equal proportions in the red wines of Graves. In both of these Bordeaux regions, the top bottles...
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