The renowned US wine critic awarded the 2020 vintage of Don Melchor an outstanding 97 points.

Another excellent score is added to Don Melchor’s long list of accolades with these 97 points for the 2020 vintage from James Suckling in his most recent report on Chile,

“Deep and serious with black olives, blackberries, blueberries, tobacco leaf, sweet red capsicum, ash, dried meat and a hint of black chocolate. This is a

more direct, full-bodied Don Melchor, filled with solid blackberries and wrapped by tight, fine-grained tannins,” Suckling wrote.

The blend in this new vintage is 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 1% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot It spent 15 months in French oak barrels, 71% new and 29% second use.

According to Enrique Tirado, Viña Don Melchor’s technical director and CEO, “the timely harvest of the 2020 vintage enabled us to have wines of excellent quality, wines with very good concentration and ripeness while maintaining the freshness and vivacity in the different parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon. These are well-balanced and energetic wines with refined textures and full of different expressions of aromas and flavors.”

This accolade confirms once again the impeccable history of Chile’s first icon wine and its position within the high-end wines of Chile and the world.