SonVida Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 (750ml)

SonVida’s Cabernet Sauvignon is always the last to ripen in their Alegria vineyard, in the foothills of the Andes. 

The wine shows balanced aromas of black currant and cherry fruits intertwined with spicy and earthy notes. It is an elegant and lively Cabernet Sauvignon with good structure and firm tannins that give a great aging potential and a delicate persistence. The oak is well integrated, giving good grip, body, power and elegance.

TASTING NOTES:
Robert Parker – 91 points The harmonious and classical 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon might not be a fashionable wine but feels very honest, somehow old style and traditional, balanced, smooth, focused and clean. It has some 10% Syrah in the blend. It has bright flavors, young and fruit-driven, still very young and primary. Seeing how the 2015 Malbec is aging and the stuffng and balance here I wouldn’t be worried to lay the bottles for another couple of years. It has moderate alcohol and good freshness and comes through as balanced and gentle. 6,000 bottles produced. Luis Gutiérrez
James Suckling – 93 points Intense spicy aromas with a rich, ripe array of plums, blackberries and fragrant dark herbs. It has impressive, deep-set, Cabernet berries that are sweet and ripe. Long, rich and noble tannins. Drink or hold. Tasted 12 Feb, 2020
Tim Atkin – 92 points There’s even less of David Smith’s Cabernet Sauvignon than there is of his equally impressive Malbec, but this is a spicy, refined example that shows the classic structure and chalky minerality of Paraje Altamira, with a core of bramble and blackcurrant fruit and deftly interwoven oak.