Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon D.O. Puente Alto
Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon D.O. Puente Alto
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The beauty of the composition in Don Melchor is the intermingling of the flavors, aromas, and emotions produced by the different parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon.
It is bringing together, in a balanced way, the expression of each of the parcels. It is finding the balance that enables the expression of a place, a soil, the Andes Mountains in a single wine.
Enrique Tirado is one of the most influential figures on Chile’s wine scene and one of the winemakers with the most experience and knowledge of the Puente Alto appellation.
Meet the WinemakerHistorical accolades
3 vintages among the Top 10 Best Wines of the World
2001 - 2003 - 2010
9 vintages among the Top 100 Best Wines of the World
1988 - 1993 - 2000 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2010 - 2012 - 2014
100 points, the perfect score
2018
8 vintages among the Top 100 Wines of the World
2010 - 2012 - 2014 - 2015 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2021
4 times among the 100 Best Wines of Chile
2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2021
"A remarkable effort that channels the finesse of the vintage with rich, muscular edges, offering a base of graphite and cassis notes that gather around elegant layers of dried rosemary and white pepper. The richly textured core of raspberry and plum flavors show precision and just enough acidity to keep things sailing onto the finish around well-integrated tannins and touches of cocoa." Don Melchor 2021.
“This is amazing. The vibrancy and energy in this wine is stunning. The complexity of aromas are breathtaking with flowers, blackcurrants, raspberries and peaches. This is a testimony to balance, harmony and transparency in a great red.” Don Melchor 2018.
“Don Melchor vineyard at the foot of the Andes, is home to the highly ambitious reds based on Cabernet Sauvignon, with Don Melchor having by far the longest and most impressive track record.”
Vintage
Our Winemaking Process
Vinification
Only ripe, intact, and healthy grapes are selected to continue on to the following stage, which takes place in small stainless steel fermentation tanks. Special care is taken at all times with temperatures and pumpovers in each tank. The color and tannins come from the skins and seeds through a delicate maceration.
After fermentation, the skins and seeds are pressed to conserve the maximum quality of the tannins.
Blending
A new vintage of Don Melchor begins when the percentages of the many lots of Cabernet Sauvignon from the different parcels in the vineyard are defined to go into the final blend. Any given lot may make up only 60–65% of the final.
The Boissenot family has been involved in this process since Don Melchor began and work closely with winemaker Enrique Tirado. Originally it was through Jacques Boissenot, the renowned French advisor and consultant to the most celebrated châteaux in Bordeaux, and now it is through his son, Eric Boissenot, who has continued his father’s legacy. Every year, Enrique Tirado and Eric Boissenot meet in the small town of Lamarque, in Bordeaux, France, to taste approximately 125 lots from the vineyard to select the ones they will use—and the precise percentage of each—that will define a new vintage of Don Melchor.
Barrel and Bottle Aging
Once the final blend has been determined, the new vintage of Don Melchor is placed into oak barrels from the Allier, Tronçais, and Nevers forests in France. Nearly two-thirds of the barrels are new, and the remaining third have had one previous use. After a period of 12–15 months, the wine is bottled and continues to age for another year to develop the complexity and elegance characteristic of Don Melchor.
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