This is an award winning wine from Chile, so I thought it might be nice to give it a try, but I'm having a slightly hard time opening it because I'm so tempted to lay it down for a little nap after reading up on it a bit.

Update - 2 months was all I could stand as some 2" thick steaks talked me into opening this wondrous bottle from the Colchagua Valley of Chile. Awesome dark berries on the nose, so velvet with very sexy mouthfeel.  Totally balanced tannins and *my weakness* terroir and black pepper in plentiful supply.  Aged in American oak for added complexity as opposed to added flavor, which is sometimes done (or even overdone.)

Really a sweet bottle of wine, too bad there's no bottles available around me.  We did manage to snarf a few before the supply ran out, but we failed to actually save any.  We did go back with the brave "let's buy every bottle they've got" plan, but that's the day we found out our love had walked out on us for good.

Again, SO velvet on the approach and so wonderfully peppery on the luscious long finish.  Sadly the bracket vintages are not really even close... Like dating the twin of a once true love who broke your heart... close and interesting, but just not the same.  Ah, the love affair was brief but oh so unforgettable. Our first true love I'd say.