Chile Cabernet

Hello Wine Lovers!


Sorry for missing an entry last week, I was on holiday and just could not squeeze in the time to write! I did make up for it with the amount of wine I consumed though! Here goes another Cabernet. Take note that many of the Cabernets I am writing about are not from Napa Valley... it is way more difficult to find Cabs under the $10 rule from California! With the cost of an acre well over $1 million dollars, who could blame them! So, here is another entry from Chile, Errazuriz Estate Cabernet from the Aconcagua Region. This wine will cost you $8.99 at the Wine Discount Center, for that price but all you can fit in your car, you won't be disappointed! Speaking of the Wine Discount Center... the downtown location on Elston Ave is having a huge blow-out sales next Saturday, Don't miss this event... you'll be sorry!!
You will find this wine to be full of jammy dark berries with hints of oak and vanilla. Enough acid and tannins to withstand grilled meats and heavy rich red sauces. I could not believe my taste buds when I first took a sip... at $8.99! Wow... now a little about the area where it comes from.
A hundred kilometers north of Santiago the Aconcagua river flows through the Central Valley from east to west. The river rises near the mountain of the same name, an almost 7000 meter high peak, and flows into the Pacific Ocean close to Valparaíso. The Mediterranean climate of the valley provides hot days and cool humid nights, near perfect conditions for viticulture. Its soils are sandy and rocky, rich in minerals and in organic river sediments. Since 1870, wine has been cultivated in the region. If you get the chance, visit this region, the people, the food and the wine, I believe you will find to be outstanding!
Cheers!
J