Valdivieso - Caballo Loco No 15 N.V.

Valdivieso Caballo Loco No 15 N.V. (90 tsomw points)
You know I love winestories and Valdivieso’s Caballo Loco is definitely one of those.

One of Chile’s top wines, Caballo Loco is named after one of Valdivieso’s previous winemakers Jorge Coderch, who created the Cabollo Loco over 15 years ago, a winemaker who was long referred to as ‘the crazy horse’. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmenere and Merlot, the wine is created using a solera system, similar to that in the production of Sherry. This simple but effective process produces a series of non-vintage wines, where at least 50% of the blend has come from the previous Caballo Loco.

Following the barrel maturation of the current vintage/edition, it’s then blended with the previous edition. The new edition complete, 50% is then bottled and 50% goes back into the solera system for use in the next ‘crazy horse’. This interesting process enables Valdivieso to create a complex wine with unique characteristics for each edition, characteristics only achievable from adding aged wine to the blend.

Tasting notes:
In the glass a dark red violet color.
Complex and intense aroma with notes of cassis, coffee and hints of spices such as cinnamon, vanilla and clove. 
The taste is full , round, complex , tasty with soft tannins and a long finish. I think these bottles have a long life potential. I tasted several "vintages" and all were great. 

Website winery: www.valdiviesowines.com