Tasting - Casa Silva Quinta Generacion Red 2005

Name: Casa Silva Quinta Generacion Red
Variety: Bordeaux and Syrah Blend
Region: Colchagua Valley
Country: Chile
Year: 2005

Price: $30 (Reduced to $19.95)

Winery Review: This wine is aged in French Oak for 12 months. It has a bold, dark crimson color with an inviting, fairly high-toned nose of wild sage-like notes against really intense cassis. There’s plenty of oak here, and certainly a leafy quality adding to that lifting aromatic. On the palate it is very fine, dry, inky black fruit, but very polished as are the tannins. The acidity feeling is quite natural and the 14.5% alcohol again just a touch prominent alone with the spicy, smoky oak. 87 points, Robert Parker.


My Review: There was a very strong oaky and leathery smell to the wine. I also caught hints of black cherry in the smell. The wine was very bitter and dry due to its high alcoholic content. The wine had a sharp taste, but a surprisingly smooth finish to it.

I did not have this wine with food.