The Triple C, a Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon & Carmenere blend, was my first big Chilean infatuation (I started with the 2007 vintage, however). Here, there’s a fantastic nose of black olive, burnt balsamic reduction with prunes, and charred black cherries\u00a0amid\u00a0hints of celery, graphite, and asparagus. Palate transitions into a fruitier wave of smoky cherry & black raspberry pie with touches of red salsa and subtle notes of baking spices. The palate is a touch candy-er and more jammy than the sensational 2007…but even though it’s a bit less my taste because of it, that result probably makes it appealing to more drinkers. The ’07 is still the better vintage, in my view, but this is pretty rock solid and wonderfully balanced. 92+\u00a0pts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Triple C, a Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon & Carmenere blend, was my first big Chilean infatuation (I started with the 2007 vintage, however). Here, there’s a fantastic nose of black olive, burnt balsamic reduction with prunes, and charred black cherries\u00a0amid\u00a0hints of celery, graphite, and asparagus. Palate transitions into a fruitier wave of smoky cherry & black raspberry pie with touches of red salsa and subtle notes of baking spices. The palate is.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}