2007 Cousiño Macul "Antiguas Reservas" Cabernet Sauvignon Maipo Valley

90+ points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Antiguas Reserva remains one of the finest Cabernet values anywhere (the price has remained unchanged for years). Fragrant black currants and blackberry aromas promise complexity with several years of additional bottle age. Nicely structured on the palate, this elegant, Bordeaux-like Cabernet will evolve for a minimum of five years and drink well through 2025. If there is anyone delivering more bang-for-the buck than Arturo Cousino and his namesake winery Cousino-Macul, I'd like to know about it. One of the first wineries from Chile to make a break-through in the USA market, over the years Cousino has continued to fine-tune his portfolio and the wines are better today than they have ever been. On my recent trip to Chile, I attended a twelve vintage vertical of the Cabernet Sauvignon Antiguas Reserva going back to 1968. The 1968 was right at its peak as was the splendid 1978, the first vintage imported to the USA. There is no reason to think that the current and other recent vintages won't age as gracefully. If I were a young collector just starting a cellar, this would be an ideal wine to lay down." (04/09) And from Tanzer's IWC: "Saturated ruby. Ripe aromas of cherry-vanilla, blackcurrant and toasty oak. Fleshy and open-knit, with subtle floral lift and velvety texture to the supple dark fruit, spice and chocolate flavors. Smooth and sweet, with good finishing cling and lingering oak spice..."