Santa Rita Casa Real Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Professional Ratings

• 93 Wine & Spirits
  From a vineyard planted in the early 1970's in Alto Jahuel, this is a classic Chilean cabernet. The 2005 vintage produced an exceptional Casa Real, with aromas of tobacco and rosemary that meld with the seductive, black fruit flavors. It's soft and warm, a meaty cabernet for steak.
• 92 Wine Enthusiast
  Very stout and rich, but nothing soft about this perfectly healthy, benchmark Chilean Cab. The nose pours forth with earth, licorice, balsamic notes and sly plum aromas, while the palate is cuddly but agile, with good balance and pure flavors of black fruits and chocolate.
• 91 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The nose shows off aromas of pain grille, pencil lead, tar, licorice, and blackberry. In the mouth there is significant tannin that will mandate 6-8 years of cellaring. The wine has tons of fruit but whether it will come into balance remains to be seen. If it does, my score will seem conservative.
• 90 Wine Spectator
  A dark, brawny style, with coffee and bittersweet cocoa leading the way for black currant and braised fig fruit notes. There's a long, muscular, loam-filled finish. Drink now through 2011. 1,000 cases made.