Vina Haras de Pirque ‘Albis’ 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Carmenere Maipo Valley, Chile

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The first vintage of Albis was the 2001, and it has always come from a selection of the best blocks in the Haras de Pirque vineyard facing the winery, the oldest on the property and planted in the early 1990s. It’s a blend of carmenere and cabernet; this year, it’s 65% cabernet sauvignon and the rest is carmenere. And the season’s warmth comes through here, in this wine that has always been big and corpulent but that this year also offers a juicy succulence of intense ripe fruit in a wine that needs several years in the bottle to calm that texture and gain in complexity. Patience here, there’s wine for a good long while.95 Pts Patricio Tapia, DescorchadosDeep yet attractive nose with lots of tapenade, spiced blackberries and blackcurrants. Some mint leaf, dark chocolate and currant leaves, too. The full-bodied palate is loaded with chocolaty tannins, which are super tight but fine-grained. Very youthful, vertical and impressively structured. Lots of muscle and length. It will need at least two to three years to soften and open up more. There is potential. From organically grown grapes.94 Pts James Suckling