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Escudo Rojo - Reserva - Origine

2020
Blend
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Country
Chile
Region
Maipo Valley
UPC
812485000532
Red Wine
Verified Stock
99190-20
Product Ratings
Decanter 95pt

Gold Medal Decanter World Wine Awards <br> The wine offers complex aromas of rosemary and bay leaves with seductive red fruit and blackberry leaf. On the palate the flavours open up to include chocolate, mocha, and fresh mint tea. A good classy style, but very young and needs time.

by Decanter, 2022
James Suckling 93pt

Top 100 Wines of Chile 2022 (#69) <br> A focused nose, showing tangy and deep cabernet character with rich berry fruit and a hint of tobacco leaf. Cassis, sandalwood and dark chocolate, too. This is a full-bodied red with a tight yet silky structure. Some black fruit and dark olives in the middle with nice length. Sustainable. 100% cabernet sauvignon.

by James Suckling, 2022
Vinous Media 91pt

The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Escudo Rojo Origine Cabernet, from Isla de Maipo, spent 14 months in 25% new barrels. Garnet red in hue. The nose presents notes of ripe sour cherry and hints of balsam and black currant. Sugary in the mouth with reactive tannins and a medium volume, it's slightly taut and tacky on the gums. The year gives it a lick of alcohol.

by Vinous Media, 2022
Wine Enthusiast 91pt

The nose shows a classical Maipo Valley Cabernet. It's well-crafted, with nuances of oak and ripe fruit that are nicely balanced by elegant texture and excellent acidity. Chocolate is followed by plum flavors in the earthy finish.

by Wine Enthusiast, 2023

Vinification

The grapes are hand-picked then brought to the Baron Philippe de Rothschild Maipo Chile bodega, in the heart of the Maipo Valley.

Vineyard

This wine comes from the Maipo Valley, 30 km south of Santiago. Nestling at the foot of the Andes Mountains, it is a valley with a long winegrowing tradition which offers some of the best conditions for cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon. Baron Philippe de Rothschild Maipo Chile's winemakers have chosen the Maipo Valley vineyards for their temperate climate and their soil, poor in alluvial deposits and rich in pebbles, ideal for expressing the power, elegance and minerality of the wines. The combination of summer heat with the influence of the Andes produces a marked day/night temperature differential highly favorable to preservation of the fruit.

Tasting notes

Refined and complex, with intense fruit notes, the nose reveals wild strawberry, cherry and blackcurrant aromas mingled with delicate notes of vanilla. Excellent attack on the palate with a concentration and balanced acidity, on silky and refined tannins. The wine goes on to reveal its distinctiveness and aromatic complexity on ripe black fruit and Morello cherry flavors followed by notes of vanilla, mocha and toasted hazelnuts on the finish, demonstrating all the power and complexity of Baron Philippe de Rothschild's selection of the finest Cabernet Sauvignon grapes.

Description

Escudo Rojo Origine is vinified in the Bordeaux manner, favoring extraction of the fruit and a supple, well-balanced tannic structure.

Aging

The wine is matured in 25% new oak barrels and 75% 1yr old oak barrels for 12 months.