Chilcas 2006 Reserva Merlot (Maule Valley)

Country: Chile / Reserva
Variety: Merlot Maule Valley
Winery: Chilcas /

Cranberry and other red-fruit aromas are sort of raw, and the oak treatment on this wine is domineering and resiny. Amid the wood chips there’s plum and boysenberry flavors, but as soon as you center in on those you also get dry tannins and a veneer of oak flavor.