2023 Seleccion de Parcelas Los Padrinos Cabernet Sauvignon
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Tasting notes
The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Selección de Parcela Los Padrinos comes from Cauquenes grafted onto Pais vines. This aged for 15 months in French barrels, 60% new. It offers elegant fruit-cassis and delicate blackberry-alongside licorice, oak nuances and field herbs. Intense and expressive, the palate is youthful, with slightly reactive tannins sharpened by juicy acidity. The fine-grained structure should soften with time. While still primary, the flavor depth and definition are clear. This is focused and expressive with a slightly Saint-Estèphe character.
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Tim Atkin MW
Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous
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Los Padrinos only uses raw material from Cauquenes, most of it from a centenary vineyard that was grafted over to Cabernet Sauvignon 60 years ago. This is the cooler part of the Maule Valley, but this is still a sturdy red, with lots of colour, compact tannins, damson and blackcurrant flavours and a eucalyptus top note. The fruit handles the 60% new oak well.
About the producer
Baettig is the exciting project from leading winemaker Francisco Baettig (of Errázuriz fame). Crafting vibrant, site-expressive wines from Chile’s south, with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Malleco and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Maule – this is one of the hottest names in South America.