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Viña Chocalán Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Wine Review

Viña Chocalán Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Viña Chocalán Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Maipo Valley, Chile

Community Score:90/100

Community Reviews: 1

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Price: $18.00

Drink: 2020-2024

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 14%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Viña Chocalán

Agent: Lifford Wine & Spirits

Pricing & Stock Information

  • BCLDB
  • 262535
  • $17.99 
  • Check Stock
  • AGLC
  • 717288
  • $17.99

Reviews and Ratings

Deborah Podurgiel - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

Vina Chocalan Reserva 2018 is a dry, lush, medium-plus-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc red wine blend produced from vines grown in granitic and clay loam soils in the Maipo Valley wine region close to the coast. This wine is so smooth with chocolate-covered plums, black cherry, baking spice and well-integrated oak spice with a lingering, velvety, smoky vanilla finish. A portion of the wine was aged six months in neutral French and American oak barrels. Tannins are soft and rounded. Pour with grilled lamb chops. Tasted March 2021.

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