Don Melchor 2018
Red Wine from PUENTE ALTO, Maipo Valley, Chile
  
  
Awarded 100 points by the American critic James Suckling
For the first time and marking a historic milestone, Don Melchor 2018 awarded 100 points by the American critic James Suckling, the highest score a wine can ever receive.
In his assessment and while conducting a noteworthy tasting, the critic highlighted the wine as "amazing. The vitality and energy of this wine are dazzling—impressive complexity, flowers, blackcurrants, raspberries, and peaches. Full-bodied, though refined and polished with flawless texture and splendor. Delightful length. This great red is a tribute to balance, harmony, and finesse."
Don Melchor 2018
Red Wine from PUENTE ALTO, Maipo Valley, Chile
    
Awarded 100 points by the American critic James Suckling
For the first time and marking a historic milestone, Don Melchor 2018 awarded 100 points by the American critic James Suckling, the highest score a wine can ever receive.
In his assessment and while conducting a noteworthy tasting, the critic highlighted the wine as "amazing. The vitality and energy of this wine are dazzling—impressive complexity, flowers, blackcurrants, raspberries, and peaches. Full-bodied, though refined and polished with flawless texture and splendor. Delightful length. This great red is a tribute to balance, harmony, and finesse."
THE STORY OF DON MELCHOR
The beauty of the composition in Don Melchor is the intermingling of the flavors, aromas, and emotions produced by the different parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon.It is bringing together, in a balanced way, the expression of each of the parcels. It is finding the balance that enables the expression of a place, a soil, the Andes Mountains in a single wine.
THE WINEMAKER
Winemaker Enrique Tirado is one of the most influential figures in the national wine industry. For more than 20 years he has been in charge of Don Melchor, Chile’s first icon wine and a true benchmark of the variety at the global level.
DON MELCHOR HISTORICAL ACCOLADES
Don Melchor has consistently received the highest accolades for each of its vintages, making it Chile’s most highly prized Cabernet Sauvignon and one of the greatest representatives of the variety in the world.
• 3 vintages among the Top 10 Best Wines of the World: 2001 - 2003 - 2010
• 9 vintages among the Top 100 Best Wines of the World: 1988 - 1993 - 2000 - 2001 - 2005 - 2010 - 2012 - 2014
• 5 vintages among the Top 100 Wines of the World: 2010 - 2012 - 2014 - 2015 - 2017
DON MELCHOR REVIEWS
• Wine Spectator
“Don Melchor is as distinctive as it is powerful, with rich, earthy aromas and flavors of dried red fruits, cedar and spice reflecting a remarkable combination of Bordeaux-style finesse and fruit-driven purity. Its consistently elegant profile is supported by succulent tannins and firm acidity, giving it the stuffing to age and gain complexity. Don Melchor’s one of the world’s great collectible Cabernets.”
• James Suckling
“This is amazing. The vibrancy and energy in this wine is stunning. The complexity of aromas are breathtaking with flowers, blackcurrants, raspberries and peaches. Full-bodied, yet ever so refined and polished with impeccable texture and beauty. The length is marvelous. This is a testimony to balance, harmony and transparency in a great red.”
• Jancis Robinson
“Don Melchor vineyard at the foot of the Andes,[Check esta cita, hay una coma demás o de menos (agregar una antes de at o sacarla después de Andes)] is home to the highly ambitious reds based on Cabernet Sauvignon, with Don Melchor having by far the longest and most impressive track record.”
DON MELCHOR VINTAGE 2018
2018 is one of the greatest vintages in the history of Don Melchor. A highly expressive wine, with great personality and complexity. The wine shows lots of expression and complexity of small red fruits, as well as floral notes displayed as a whole. On the palate, the wine is full of flavour and dominated by elegance and balance, as well as a great texture of the tannin, with a long, refined finish
OUTSTANDING RECOGNITION & AWARD-WINNING
• James Suckling; 100 pts
• Descorchados: 98 pts
• Tim Atkin: 98 pts
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