Description
Very perfumed and lifted aromatics of red berries, citrus peel and violets, lead to a lean palate with an intense fruit core and fine grained tannins balanced by a crisp acidity. Smoky granite notes add complexity and the rich mid palate leads to long lingering finish. A wine that has structure and ripeness of fruit to develop further complexity in the next 10 years, but is still very attractive now.
Critical Acclaim
RP 92
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2020 Viejas Tinajas Cinsault was produced with grapes from 35-year-old, ungrafted and dry-farmed vines in Guarilihue in Coelemu. It’s from a warmer year and has higher ripeness than in past years, 13% alcohol and mellow acidity. Like in the past, the destemmed but uncrushed grapes underwent a natural carbonic maceration in amphorae without any added products (yeasts or sulfur). The wine spent the winter in those amphorae, and after malolactic, in the spring, it was bottled unfiltered with a little sulfur. The nose mixes wild berries and herbs and is very expressive, and the palate is medium-bodied and balanced with fine-grained tannins and a tasty finish.
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