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Top Rated Chilean Cabernets

A wine list by Josh Raynolds, Wine Writer, IWC
With the exception of Carmenere, Cabernet remains the most succesful red in Chile and continues to improve in quality as producers refine their viticulture techniques. These wine share similar characteristics of sweet fruit, cedar,tobacco and lush textures.
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2003 Vina Casa Silva Cabernet Sauvignon Los Lingues Gran Reserva Colchagua Valley

Josh Raynolds's Rating:
91 points. Deep red. Fresh herbs, licorice and dark cherry on the nose, with complicating notes of underbrush and cocoa powder. Broad but nicely focused, with the fruit flavors becoming darker and sweeter with air. The cassis aspect here is gorgeous. Very supple in textu... more
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2004 Vina Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon Casa Real Maipo Valley

Josh Raynolds's Rating:
92 points. Deep ruby. Pungent, smoky cherry and blackcurrant aromas are complicated by cured tobacco, cedar and dried rose. Following the nose's serious complexity, the palate follows up with sweet red and dark berry flav... more
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2004 Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Don Melchor Puente Alto

Josh Raynolds's Rating:
91 points. Deep ruby. Powerful blackberry, cassis and mocha aromas are enormously appealing and seem almost too big for the glass. Weighty dark berry flavors offer excellent palate coverage, with gentle tannins adding sha... more
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2004 Vina Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon Floresta Colchagua Valley

Josh Raynolds's Rating:
91 points. Opaque purple. Powerfully scented nose offers a sexy array of dark berries, incense, floral oils and oak spices. Fleshy and sweet, with palate-staining blackberry, cassis and candied licorice flavors. Picks up ... more
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2004 Vina Undurraga Cabernet Sauvignon Altazor Maipo Valley

Josh Raynolds's Rating:
91 points. Opaque purple. Intensely perfumed nose offers a seductive array of dark fruit, floral and mineral scents. Deep, sweet and broad, with sexy blueberry and kirsch flavors and good finishing lift. Extremely seducti... more
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