Bodegas Bianchi Oasis Sur Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
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Bianchi Oasis Sur Cabernet Sauvignon has a great intense color with fresh and complex aromas that offer spice and floral notes. There is also red pepper, red fruit leaves, ripe fruit, stewed figs, paprika and roasted coffee. On the palate, it is initially sweet, with a full mouth feel. It has a medium structure, with gentle and ripe tannins, balanced acidity and a remarkable persistence. This is a fresh, elegant and easy to drink wine made with significant quality.
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James Suckling
Currant, blackberry-leaf, iodine and dried-lemon aromas. It’s medium-bodied with firm, tight tannins and fresh acidity. Saline finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: Drawn from the San Rafael region of Mendoza, the 2020 Bodegas Bianchi Oasis Sur Cabernet Sauvignon is built for immediate enjoyment. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits lovely aromas and flavors of bright red fruits as it finishes with a pleasing softness. Excellent with a savory chicken stew. (Tasted: October 26, 2022, Napa, CA)
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Today, Valentin Eduardo Bianchi and Ricardo Stradella Bianchi have brought the winery into the modern era. Valentin is the President of the winery while Ricardo is the Chief Financial Officer. Recently, they enlisted the aid of California winemaker, Robert Pepi. He has helped them refine some of their techniques and the new wines show the style that this new breed of management exemplifies. Pepi believes that Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon are the future of this winery.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
By far the largest and best-known winemaking province in Argentina, Mendoza is responsible for over 70% of the country’s enological output. Set in the eastern foothills of the Andes Mountains, the climate is dry and continental, presenting relatively few challenges for viticulturists during the growing season. Mendoza, divided into several distinctive sub-regions, including Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley, is the source of some of the country’s finest wines.
For many wine lovers, Mendoza is practically synonymous with Malbec. Originally a Bordelaise variety brought to Argentina by the French in the mid-1800s, here it found success and renown that it never knew in its homeland where a finicky climate gives mixed results. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot and Pinot Noir are all widely planted here as well (and sometimes even blended with each other or Malbec). Mendoza's main white varieties include Chardonnay, Torrontés, Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon.