2007 Garage Wine Co. Cabernet Sauvignon - Chile, Central Valley, Maipo Valley, Pirque (7/9/2008) Barrel #14 was made from fruit from just about as high in the Andes on the Maipo river foothills as one can get. It was mountain farmed to make a high-calibre big shouldered Cab.
This was our foray high into the Andes near the banks of the Rio Claro (tributary of the Maipo). It was harvested in early may, was macerated for 11 days on its skins in frio, fermented in open oak barrels on their heads with punch down or pistonage. It was post macerated another 14 days and it grew into a beast of a wine whilst still waiting to be released. It was kept it a full year to take maximum benefit of a wine with the structure to marry and balance with the oak. It is deep garnet in colour, big on fruit yet with an elegance and freshness / acidity that surprises. It carries tannins round, but well honed that will give it the structure to last a few long years in the bottle. It has plenty of old Cabernet cherries, dried cherries plums, a spicey mid-section, a note of honey and of chestnut, and an honest note of balsamic sweet spiciness with long finish. see more from the winemaker : http://www.garagewineco.cl(90 pts.)
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