Don Melchor 2008

Deep cherry-red color. Elegant and complex, with ripe red fruit, cedar, tobacco, and chocolate notes. Well-structured and nicely concentrated, firm, and full-bodied with a long finish and good balance.

97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc. Vinya Concha y Toro was established in 1883 by Don Melchor, a successful businessman who regularly traveled to Europe. He took vine cuttings from vineyards in Bordeaux and brought them back to his estate in the Maipo Valley, where he planted them. The rest, as they say, is history. With over 21,700 acres of vineyards in some of the best locations in both Chile and Argentina, Vinya Concha y Toro has complete control over wine quality from the planting of grape varieties to harvesting, cellaring, and bottling.