Arboleda Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Lots of cassis, plum, blackberry and blueberry fruit with spice, cedar and balsamic notes.  The ripe and fine grained tannins are perfectly integrated and add an extra textural nuance to the sweetly textured fruit.  Aged for 14 months in French oak (30% new).

Produced from their single vineyard site ‘Las Vertientes’, which was named after the freshwater springs found on the site.

Producer notes: “The Las Vertientes vineyard is located 37 km (23 mi) inland from the sea, in the Hijuelas locality. The cool coastal winds blow in from the sea refreshing the Mediterranean climate, allowing the red grapes to ripen slowly. The soils are formed over extrusive (volcanic) rocks and colluvial and alluvial deposits. Colluvium is identified on the slope and mostly in the piedmont area with a high percentage of clay, while the alluvial deposits on the gently rolling slopes and flat areas have a high percentage of stones and gravel beneath a layer of loam. This particular vineyard topography and geomorphology provide a wide range of soil textures, best suited to red varieties.”

Both this wine, and the Arboleda Carmenere we stock, have an elegance, structure and freshness not always found in Chilean reds.  There’s no lack of concentration and richness though.

Arboleda, which means a grove of trees, is a tribute to the more than 1,450 hectares (3,583 acres) of native forest that surround its sustainably managed vineyards.