Santa Rita 'Medalla Real' Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 another very impressive effort - Wine Spectator 2009 Top 100 #57
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90 pts Stephen Tanzer March/April 2009
Inky ruby. Impressively complex bouquet of red- and blackcurrant, lead pencil, tobacco and sexy oak spices. Sweet and incisive, offering vivid raspberry and cassis flavors, with suave cola and baking spice qualities gaining strength with air. The spiciness persists through the long, sappy finish, adding cut to the sweet dark fruit. This is balanced to age. 91 pts Wine Spectator Smart Buys 5/31/09
A ripe, concentrated Chilean red, with a broad swath of macerated currant, fig paste, espresso, loam and black licorice notes all carried by dense but integrated tannins. The finish lets sage and mint notes chime in. Best from 2010 through 2012.
