Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon, Puente Alto, Chile 2021

Wine Spectator has named the 2021 vintage of Chilean icon wine Don Melchor its Wine of the Year, placing it at #1 on their annual ranking of Top 100 Wines. The Chilean wine industry’s first iconic wine and a true benchmark among the world’s fine wines, Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon is a vivid composition of its famed origins in the Puente Alto region. Steeped in the rich heritage of Don Melchor Concho y Toro, who planted the first Bordeaux grapes in Maipo Valley in 1883, this namesake wine has remained a standard-bearer of luxury winemaking for three decades, paying tribute to the terroir of Puente Alto and the extraordinary Don Melchor Vineyard. This deep purple-coloured wine is aromatically very expressive, complex and intense with red fruit and berry aromas, and floral notes of violets. It fills the mouth, displaying depth throughout, with a smooth entry, great energy and breadth and a long, expressive finish. With its elegant mouthfeel, this wine showcases harmony, depth and elega