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Lot # <strong>Wine</strong> Year M D Comment<br />
Cellar Offering 179<br />
4342 Casa Nueva Limited Edition, 2006 7 8 Lovely wine. A perfect moment to open a bottle.<br />
Cabernet/Syrah/Carmenère<br />
4343 Casa Nueva Viognier 2007 8 8 A big, fat wine. Plenty of extract, but the flavour is entirely dry.<br />
4344 Casa Nueva Family Reserva Chardonnay 2005 8 8 It was great a year ago, it is great now. No requirement to<br />
rush for a corkscrew.<br />
4345 Casa Nueva Late Harvest, 2005 6 7 Very unusual wine. Honey. Orange blooms. Notes of peaches,<br />
Sauvignon Blanc but the green fruit of the Sauvignon is still evident.<br />
4346 Casa Nueva Carmenère 2007 8 8 Before we had Carmenère, we had many other varietals, but<br />
this grape added something special to the list. This is a lovely<br />
example. Can be enjoyed for another five/six years.<br />
4347 Casa Nueva Syrah/Carmenère Reserva 2006 8 8 Holding up well, but the Carmenère is taking more time than<br />
the Syrah, so it is a little out of pace.<br />
4348 Cornellana Sparkling Brut, 2006 10 10 Ready a year ago, it is still ready, but no point in keeping it<br />
Cachapoal Valley any longer.<br />
4352 Cornellana Sauvignon Blanc, 2007 10 10 Too ripe to be entirely typical. Rather rich palate. Losing<br />
Cachapoal Valley its initial attack.<br />
4353 Cornellana Chardonnay, 2007 9 9 Ripe and ready.<br />
Cachapoal Valley<br />
4354 Cornellana Sauvignon Blanc Reserve, 2007 9 9 Too rich to be entirely elegant but this is a delicious wine,<br />
Cachapoal Valley full of aroma and taste. Drink between <strong>2010</strong> and 2013.<br />
4355 Cornellana Chardonnay Barrel Reserve, 2007 8 9 Ripe and rich, there’s plenty of character here, but it needs<br />
Cachapoal Valley drinking before the acidity leaves the party. Drink between<br />
2011 and 2013.<br />
4356 Cornellana Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 10 10 Enjoy now, it has nowhere to go that would produce<br />
Rosé any improvement.<br />
4357 Cornellana Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007 9 10 Like the Merlot, the fruit level is so high that it lacks tannin,<br />
Cachapoal Valley but it is soft and easy.<br />
4358 Cornellana Merlot, Cachapoal Valley 2007 10 10 Spirited and spicy. A beautiful soft red with fruit oozing around<br />
every corner of the palate.<br />
4359 Cornellana Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, 2007 10 10 It has been a success throughout its short life, but that success,<br />
Cachapoal Valley based on vigour and fruit is going nowhere. Drink this year.<br />
4360 Cornellana Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006 8 8 Good feeling of austere tannin. Fruit is perfect and fully ripe.<br />
Barrel Reserve It provides a full palate of sweet succulence.<br />
4361 Cornellana Carmenère Barrel Reserve 2006 7 7 Powerful and rich. It will get even better.<br />
4362 Cornellana Shiraz Barrel Reserve 2006 8 8 Very fine. The winemaker has produced a fine example of a<br />
classic grape.<br />
4363 Cornellana, Carmenère Gran 2006 7 7 Wonderful. A dark brooding colour introduces a dark heart<br />
Reserva, Founders’ Choice of ripe blackberry fruit.<br />
4364 Sergio Traverso Merlot, Curicó Valley 2007 8 8 We have been fans of Sergio since prior to his return to Chile.<br />
He makes wines as well there as he did in the Livermore<br />
Valley. This is a most delightful red of great charm and<br />
structure.<br />
4365 Sergio Traverso Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007 9 9 Very ripe fruit, but it is a touch short in the middle palate.<br />
Curicó Valley<br />
4366 Sergio Traverso Carmenère, 2006 8 9 Normal service resumed – another great wine from the hands<br />
Alto Valle del Rio Claro of the master. Fine, stalky, tannic acidity makes a perfect<br />
partner for the black fruit.<br />
4367 Hacienda Maitenes Carmenère, 2005 8 8 From a high, upland vineyard producing plenty of tannin<br />
Alto Valle del Rio Claro that is holding up the maturation process. Try a sample this<br />
year.<br />
<strong>Wine</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>2010</strong>