Marques de Casa Concha - Heritage Red Puente Alto 2021 (750ml)

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Producer	Marques de Casa Concha
Country	Chile
Region	Maipo Valley
Subregion	Puente Alto
Varietal	Red Blend
Vintage	2021
Sku	9020

 

The fruit comes from El Mariscal vineyard that Concha y Toro acquired in 1998 and planted in 2000. The vines planted mostly ungrafted, massal selection from Don Melchor, 2-3 kilometers away. Immediately racy with a mixture of red and black cherries. Some strawberries and fennel spices, too. The medium-bodied palate is refined and saline, giving it a delicious savoriness. Juicy. The tannins are silky and polished. 76% cabernet sauvignon and 24% cabernet franc. Drink now.

There is a new red Bordeaux blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon and 24% Cabernet Franc, the new top-of-the-range 2021 Marqués de Casa Concha Heritage. It was produced with grapes from 52.95 hectares from the ungrafted vines from El Mariscal Vineyard, mostly ungrafted in Puente Alto in Maipo. It fermented in stainless steel with selected yeasts followed by malolactic in tank and 16 months in French oak barrels, 35% of them new. It's ripe at 14.8% alcohol and has good acidity and freshness. It has textbook aromas of a Bordeaux blend, with the freshness of the high percentage of Cabernet Franc and with gentler tannins. It's more elegant than the Master Edition from this same vintage that is also from the Mariscal Vineyard but from grafted vines. This wine is more elegant and fresher, more herbal and a little earthy, drier. 80,400 bottles produced. It was bottled in October 2022.

Fresh, elegant and inviting, with cedar, magnolia and raspberry coulis aromas, yet this shows a good concentration of berry and plum at the core. Reveals mineral and chocolate notes on the broad finish, with fine tannins. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2033. 6,700 cases made, 2,800 cases imported.