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In this pricepoint, Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the best bottles of Cab in the shop. It is rich, balanced, pure and complex, made from extremely low yields of under 3 tons per acre, by the team at Montes, led by winemaker Aurelio Montes. Aged 12 months in French oak, and made of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot from the Apalta vineyard, look for red fruits, blackcurrant, chocolate and cigar box complexities that are in balance with fine vanillan oak.
Wine Advocate
The 2008 Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon is a glass-coating opaque purple color with aromas of wood smoke, pencil lead, scorched earth, violets, blackcurrant, and blackberry. Structured on the palate, but slightly clipped in the finish, another 2-3 years of bottle age could round it out but that is a gamble. Drink this Cabernet sooner rather than later.
Score: 90.
—Jay Miller,
December
2010.
Wine Spectator
Lightly firm, with a muscular core of blackberry, currant and licorice snap notes laid over a loam and coffee undertow. Slightly chunky, but pushes through well enough on the finish. Drink now. 25,000 cases imported.
Score: 88.
—James Molesworth,
November
15,
2010.
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