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Friday, September 23, 2011

Fond de Cave, Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, good but overpriced Maipu Cab



Fond de Cave, Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, By Trapiche Winery, USD 30



A Cabernet Sauvignon from Maipu Departament in Central Mendoza, close to Trapiche Finca Las Palmas sold international. A nice and mature Cab without outstanding structure. Ripe fruity and chocolaty with some vanilla edge. Wide in palate and nice memory. You won´t keep it in memory as a great Cabernet Sauvignon (as usual when you read ´gran reserva´) even it´s easy to drink and go along with most simple situations. An 89 points Cab kind of expensive locally, but this may be a local distortion too. I still find some local Cabs 20-25 bucks same or better quality.

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