Lafken Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
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Robert
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Ruby red in color, on the nose plums and ripe blueberries, graphite notes and herbal hints. Soft palate with structured tannins and a subtle influence of fine oak.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
There is very pure varietal expression in the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, produced with grapes from a single vineyard in Maipo. It's ripe and powerful, with integrated oak after aging in second and third use barrels and a medium to full-bodied palate with abundant tannins. It has elegance and balance.
After graduating from The University of Burgundy, France, Miguel spent 10 years working on vineyards throughout France and Germany. In 2010, he returned to Chile with his family to pursue a life-long dream of producing his own wines- combining his European winemaking style with Chile’s new world terroir. At Lafken, they produce limited quantities of hand-crafted wines, with their families participating in the entire process. They strongly believe that winemaking must be clean and in harmony with the environment, and their commitment to quality is the trademark without which they simply wouldn't be making wine. The identity of their wines is a result of their premium grapes, the sustainable management of the vineyards, their hand harvesting at the optimal moment of grape maturity, and their personal winemaking – which takes place in a small garage, combining both traditional methods and modern technology.
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.
The Maipo Valley is Chile’s most famous wine region. Set in the country’s Central Valley, it is warm and quite dry, often necessitating the use of irrigation. Alluvial soils predominate but are supplemented with loam and clay.
The climate in Maipo is best-suited for ripe, full-bodied reds like Cabernet Sauvignon (the region’s most widely planted grape), Merlot, Syrah and Carmenère, a Bordeaux variety that has found a successful home in Chile.
White wines are also produced with great prosperity, especially near the cooler coast, include Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.