Escudo Rojo Gran Reserva

This wine has been part of the Baron catalog since the 1999 vintage and was the winery's top until Escudo Rojo Origine and Baronesa P. appeared, in the 2018 vintage. This year it's 44% cabernet sauvignon, 43% carmenere, 3% syrah, 6% cabernet franc, and the rest petit verdot, the latter and the carmenere are from Colchagua, and the rest is from the Maipo Valley. It's a juicy red full of red fruits and herbs, deep flavors, and the sensation of tannins that are firm but very sharp, thin but incisive. This is an excellent version of a cellar-worthy wine from an equally cellar-worthy vintage.

Deep ruby in colour with purple reflections and a broad and bright ochre rim. On the nose, aromas of dark wild berry fruit underlaid with candied orange zest and fine oak, tobacco, and some clove. The palate has medium complexity, with delicate, rounded tannins and fine fruit expression redolent of sweet cherries and some nougat notes. Easy to drink.