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2020 Antiguas Reservas Cabernet Sauvignon, Cousino Macul Wine Republic

2020 Antiguas Reservas Cabernet Sauvignon, Cousino Macul

Maipo Valley, Chile

Maipo Marvel

Elegant, poised and beautifully classical, the 2020 Antiguas Reservas Cabernet Sauvignon shows just how graceful Chilean Cabernet can be when ripeness is matched by restraint. Ripe cherry and fresh strawberry lead the way, followed by black pepper, a gentle menthol lift and a savoury spice note that gives the wine immediate shape and freshness. The palate is structured but refined, with juicy red fruit, firm yet ripe tannins and a lovely sense of balance running from start to finish. There is generosity here, certainly, but it is delivered with polish rather than weight, leaving a long, savoury finish that feels composed, lifted and quietly age-worthy.

For when: roast lamb is on the table, and the bottle needs quiet confidence rather than noise.
Pairs with: grilled steak, game dishes, mature hard cheeses, or roast mushrooms with herbs.
If this wine were a place: a grand old Maipo estate at dusk, all cedar, gravel and calm assurance.

Cousiño Macul is one of Chile’s historic wine families, with a long-standing reputation for estate-grown wines from the Maipo Valley. Antiguas Reservas has been part of that story since its first release in 1927, and remains one of the house’s signature expressions of Cabernet Sauvignon. What makes the estate especially compelling is the way it combines heritage with continuity, preserving ungrafted vines and massal selections from its own nursery while maintaining a style rooted in structure, elegance and longevity.

Whats in the bottle
100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Notable Awards
91/100 – James Suckling

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Founded in 1856, Cousiño-Macul is the only 19th-century winery in Chile that remains in the hands of the original founding family. All Cousiño-Macul reserve wines are estate-grown, vinted and bottled. After seven generations and over 150 years, Cousiño-Macul’s mission rings clear — to produce world-class wines that are unmistakably Chilean, carrying the distinctive character of the Maipo Valley.

In 1994, the capital city of Santiago had expanded to the point of completely surrounding the original Macul estate in the southeast of the city, so the search for an additional single estate vineyard location began. In May 1996, the Cousiño family bought 750 acres of land in Buin, an agriculturally rich subregion of the Maipo Valley, about 20 miles southeast of Santiago. The Buin estate met the Cousiños’ ambitious criteria of soil composition, climate and proximity to the Andes Mountains.

All Cousiño-Macul wines are made entirely with grapes sourced from its two estates located in the Maipo Valley. Both the Macul estate in the southeast of Santiago and the estate in Buin are part of the subregion known as Alto Maipo. The Alto Maipo is appropriately named due to its high altitude orientation at the foot of the Andes Mountains. As the snow melts in the spring and summer, the Andes provide an ample source of pure, fresh water for vineyard irrigation. The soil is especially suited for the production of high-quality grapes: shallow, sandy-silky topsoil with rough stone below. All vines are planted on original root systems. Vines for new plantations come from massal selections carried out in the nurseries at Macul over a period of 10 years. This selection has allowed the preservation of genetic material of great value, originally brought to Chile by Luis Cousiño in 1860, including Cabernet and Merlot varieties from Pauillac in Haut-Medoc, and Sauvignon Gris from Martillac in Graves.

After a careful manual harvest and careful selection in the cellar, elaboration of the wine began with seven days of cold maceration at 10 º C (50°F). Then the juice was fermented during 9 to 10 days at an average temperature of 26 º C (78.8 º F), using different yeast strains. A 20 days post fermentative maceration allowed enhancing the flavours and bouquet, as well as smoothing the tannins. The wine matured in French oak barrels during twelve months while the malolactic fermentation went through.

Grape
Cabernet Sauvignon

Alcohol by Volume
14%

Vintage
2020

Country
Chile

Size
750ml

Types
Red Wine

Producer
Cousino Macul

Region
Maipo Valley