Description

Chakana is the name of the Southern Cross constellation. Its rotation in the sky throughout the year made it an effective agricultural calendar for the ancient Andean people.

Estate Red Blend is from Chakana s Altamira (3,200 ft elevation) and Gualtallary (5,500 ft elevation) vineyards.

Deep red color with violet hints. Dark fruits and exotic spices with tobacco and mocha hints. Elegant, well balanced, harmonious, long persistence with chocolate flavors.

Combining grapes from three of the Uco Valley’s best sub-regions – Gualtallary, Los Chacayes and Paraje Altamira – this is a stylish blend of mostly Malbec with 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Firm, grippy and intense, with sappy tannins, cassis and blueberry fruit, some thyme and laurel and racy minerality.
– Tim Atkin MW (March 2020), 91 pts