2019 Don Maximiano Founder's Reserve
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The 2019 Don Maximiano Founder's Reserve was produced with a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Malbec, 10% Carmenere and 3% Petit Verdot, a wine that used to be 100% Cabernet but evolved to be a Cabernet-based blend, now with a moderate 13.5% alcohol and with good freshness, austerity and spiciness with textbook Cabernet tannins, nicely structured and built. This has a lot more tension and is a lot drier than the wines from a decade ago. It matured in French oak barrels, 75% of them new, for 22 months. 13,900 bottles were filled in January 2021.
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The 2019 Blend Don Maximiano Founder's Reserve is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Malbec, 10% Carménère and 3% Petit Verdot from Aconcagua and spent 22 months in 75% new barrels. Purple in color. The nose offers young red fruit with hints of fresh blackberry and plum and a layer of spices and black tea over a bed of cedar. In the mouth, the juice provides an anchor for vibrant, fine-grained tannins that enhance the intense flavor. A wine that favors subtlety over potency.
Currant, blackberry and ash aromas with some earth and dried flowers, following through to a full body with layers of beautifully ripe tannins that are firm and fresh. Long, fresh finish of currants and blackberries. Drink after 2024.
About the producer
Since Eduardo Chadwick took over Viña Errázuriz in 1983, the estate has forged a path for fine, Chilean wine. From its home in the Aconcagua Valley, this estate crafts some of the country’s top wines, including the flagship Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve and the Las Pizarras wines.