Casa Silva S38 Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 | Chilean Wine

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WINE OVERVIEW

S38 marks a single, small soil block in Casa Silva’s iconic Los Lingues vineyard. Years of intensive soil studies and micro-vinifications have shown that the S38 grapes produce world-class Cabernet Sauvignon with outstanding freshness, balance and depth from its deep, stony soils. This limited production wine offers an exclusive taste of this “Gran Terroir” at the foothills of Chile’s Andes mountains.

Tasting Notes

An intense and deep ruby color with aromatic notes of red fruits and spices. The wine has a powerful entry, silky tannins, balanced acidity, pleasant mouthfeel and an elegant and persistent finish.

Food Pairing

Try with seared flank steak with pebre salsa (Chilean pico de gallo), Ratatouille, beef jerky empanadas.

Deep and focused with wild herbs, lavender and a hint of sandalwood to the dark berries and cassis on the nose. This medium-to full-bodied red unfolds evenly on the palate with juicy, sleek tannins. Tense and bright with a juicy finish. James Suckling August 2022

Descorchados

This single parcel Los Lingues Cabernet Sauvignon had just been bottled when I tasted it and needs a little more time to digest its oak. But there's no denying its structure, depth and complexity. Inky, sappy and perfumed, with cigar box and blackcurrant notes and a herbal twist. 2024-30 Tim Atkin 2022

Purple in color. The nose offers ripe red currant, pepper, blueberry, liqueur, rosemary and cigar box. Sugary in the mouth, the voluminous flow asserts itself from the start with firm tannins and a slightly compact feel before the finish of sour cherry and black currant. Vinous June 2022

Tech Details

Grapes are 100% hand harvested in small trays. The grapes pass through a selection table before and after de-stemming, then gravity fed to small oak tanks and fermentation barrels. After a cold maceration for 10 days, the alcoholic fermentation is carefully conducted at 26-28 ° C. Malolactic fermentation is made in barrels. The wine is aged in new French oak barrels for 14 months. The best barrels of this block are selected by tasting and blended afterward. Bottling time has to be at least one year before release into the market.