2016 Errazuriz Max Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon.

Errazuriz Max Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon, Aconcagua Valley, Chile.

(85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc)

Bright ruby-red in colour, Max Reserva cab has an expressive nose of ripe berry fruit that is beautifully complemented by sweet spices such as cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Light balsamic touches enhance the complexity. Fine tannins lend a velvety, firm mouthfeel. The flavours confirm the wine’s aromatic profile, in which sweet spice and red and black fruit predominate. Its fresh, clean acidity points to the wine’s medium-term cellaring potential.

Aged for one year in 83% French and 17% American oak barrels, one-third of which was new.

The grapes for Max Reserva Cab are sourced from Max II and Max V vineyards in the Valle de Aconcagua, a region that features a Mediterranean climate with moderately warm summer days and cool evening breezes that produce the healthy diurnal temperature variation that encourages good polyphenol development in red grapes.

13.5% ABV