Cabernet Sauvignon Vino de Vinedo los Compadres, Vinos Baettig

The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Los Compadres originates from Cauquenes in the southern Maule Region. With a garnet red hue and a purplish sheen, it presents aromas of cassis and sour cherry, complemented by minty notes, hints of cigar ash and a touch of cedar in the background. Dry, taut and juicy on the palate, it boasts a light structure and fine-grained tannins that culminate in a compact and flavorful finish. This balanced Cabernet exhibits a precise harvest point, which prevents the overly clingy mouthfeel often associated with Chilean Cabernet. - Joaquin Hidalgo

Den er lavet uden kunstvanding, fortæller etiketten, og alligevel er den saftig og intens, usædvanlig tør for en chilensk Cabernet, foruden at den er kompleks og karakterfuld. Og så er den især kødfuld – kødfuld er ordet! Den fylder, og man skal næsten tygge sig igennem dens udfordringer, men det er en opgave, det kan betale sig at ofre gebisset på. Det er tørrede sorte bør og ristede krydderurter, der strømmer op af glasset og gør den til en stor vin og en fortrinlig madvin. Endnu et mesterværk fra Francisco Baettig.

I also tasted the very young 2022 Vino de Viñedo Los Compadres Cabernet Sauvignon, which has a majority of grapes from a vineyard they finally purchased in Coronel de Maule that has 60-year-old head-pruned, dry-farmed and ungrafted Cabernet Sauvignon, a rarity for the variety, because it was grafted onto 100-year-old País vines. It has 13.8% alcohol with a pH of 3.35, which is extremely low, and very high acidity, 7.12. They used 15% new oak, and part of the wine fermented in barrel. It has the structured tannins from Maule but with amazing tension, lots of fruit, some notes of tobacco and tea leaves, textbook blackcurrant and with balsamic and minty, subtle, juicy, very good complexity, harmony and elegance with grip, serious and a little à la Saint-Estéphe. - Luis Gutièrrez

The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Viñedo Los Compadres hails from a vineyard containing 80-year-old País vines grafted with Cabernet Sauvignon in Coronel de Maule. It was 10% fermented in new oak barrels. Purple with a ruby sheen in the glass. The expressive nose offers fresh blackcurrant and plum with hints of spice and gentle cigar box aromas. Delicate and energetic in the mouth with refined tannins. The juicy, mouth-watering palate is full of flavor. A nuanced wine made in a dry farming region that was graced with rain in the middle of the summer of 2022. - Joaquin Hidalgo

Dark hawthorn fruit with olives, dried meat, graphite and spices. Full-bodied, juicy and flavorful with dense, powerful tannins. Quite succulent with a very bright attack of acidity that offsets the dense fruit and structure.

The 2021 Vino de Viñedo Los Compadres Cabernet Sauvignon is a new wine from purchased Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Maule, from different locations: Loncomilla, Coronel de Maule and Los Despachos. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in French oak barrels, 20% of them new, for 10 months. It has 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.3, moderate ripeness, freshness and acidity. - Luis Gutiérrez