RKS 2025 Wine: Montes Alpha 2021 Special Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon

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Chile has a leg up when the subject is quality and affordable wine many of which are under $20 CDN.

A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Carmenére. It has rested 16 months in French oak.

Montes Alpha 2021 Special Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon is running in the quality pack!

Aroma: Richer than Jeff Bezos. Massive blackberry attack leads the charge supported by a blueberry and dark chocolate platoon. Absolutely decadent but not in an Augusto Pinochet type of way!

Palate: About as huge as the presence of the CIA in the downfall of Salvador Allende. Precise acidity prevents jamminess. In addition to the blackberry and blueberry some spiciness all giving the wine a complex and long finish with some burn not surprising considering the 14.5% alcohol.

Personality: Proudly Chilean strutting incredible quality for a song.

Cellarbility:  Enjoy now with its assertive nature. It may mellow out through to 2027.

Food Match: Think all manner of beef and why not with a prime rib on a cold winter day in Canada. Throw in some Yorkshire pudding why don’t you?

Price: $24.95 CDN.

RKS 2025 Wine Rating: 92/100. 94 Jamessuckling.com.

(Montes Alpha 2021 Special Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon, D.O. Valle de Colchagua, Montes, Chile, 14.5%, 750 mL.).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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