2008 Montes Alpha - Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon - Chile - Rapel Valley - Colchagua - Red

The 2008 Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon is a nice, smooth, drinkable wine. There's plum, ripe fruit, and a little earthiness on the nose. In the mouth nice tannins complement the smoothness . We found it a tad bitter on the finish, however. Overall, a relatively simple wine that is really quite easy to drink but not anything fantastic. There are a number of users on Cellartracker who believe this wine is still too young, which may be the case, but we can only rate it as it stands now. from The Reverse Wine Snob

Black cherry, balck and red plums, cassis, mocha, leather, slight vanilla note, pencil shavings, red roses, green pepper, dried sage, and a menthol note. On the nose there is a note of wet soil, which becomes more dusty on the palate. Appearance: Ruby Red with pinkish-orange rim, med+ concentration, med+ viscosity. Structure: Med+ acid, 14.5 % alcohol, med+ tannin, med+ finish and complexity. Tannins are present without being overpowering. $18-$20