Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon - Miguel Torres Chile

In the glass, Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon from Miguel Torres Chile presents a bright purple-red color, also showing a transition into garnet red. When swirling the wine glass, one can perceive an excellent balance in this red wine, as it neither appears watery nor syrupy or liqueur-like on the sides of the glass. Poured into a Bordeaux glass, this red wine from Chile displays wonderfully fragrant and complex aromas of blackcurrant, plum jam, blackberry and rum pot, rounded off by gingerbread spice, black tea and cocoa bean contributed by the barrel aging.

Miguel Torres Chile Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon delights with its elegantly dry taste profile. It was bottled with exceptionally little residual sugar. As one would of course expect from an icon wine segment, this Chilean wine charms, despite all its dryness, with the finest balance. Excellent flavor does not necessarily require sugar. This dense and velvety red wine presents itself on the palate as balanced and multi-layered. On the finish, this matured wine from the Valle Central wine-growing region finally impresses with considerable length. Once again, hints of Mon Chéri cherry and blueberry appear. In the aftertaste, mineral notes from the soils dominated by volcanic rock and sand join in.

Vinification of Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon by Miguel Torres Chile

The basis for the well-balanced Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon from Valle Central is grapes of the Cabernet Sauvignon variety. The grapes grow under optimal conditions in Valle Central. Here, the vines sink their roots deep into soils of sand and volcanic rock. Once perfectly ripe, the grapes for Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon are harvested exclusively by hand, without the use of coarse and less selective mechanical harvesters. After hand-picking, the grapes are immediately brought to the winery, where they are sorted and gently crushed. Fermentation in small wooden barrels at controlled temperatures follows. After fermentation, the wine matures for 18 months in French oak barrels.

Food recommendation for Miguel Torres Chile Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon

This red wine from Chile is best enjoyed tempered at 15 - 18°C. It pairs perfectly as an accompaniment to braised chicken in red wine, chickpea curry or vegetable stew with pesto.

Awards for Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon from Miguel Torres Chile

This wine from Valle de Curicó not only convinces us, but also renowned wine journalists have awarded it 90 points and more. Since Manso de Velasco Cabernet Sauvignon is produced only in perfect years, no wine under this name was vinified between 2014 and 2018. The 2018 vintage has not yet been rated, but its predecessor received excellent distinctions.

• Descorchados: 96 points for 2014
• Tim Atkin: 93 points for 2014
• Robert M. Parker: 93 points for 2014
• Robert M. Parker: 92 points for 2013

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