Koyle
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Koyle 2007 Royale Cabernet Sauvignon (Colchagua Valley)
- $26
After the Undurraga family sold off their eponymous family winery, the younger generation started Koyle with CS and Syrah. This is their best wine of the inaugural release. It’s dark, deep, piercing and perfumed, with fine tobacco and berry fruit aromas and flavors. Oak is well applied; the fruit intense and pure. Only the young, tough tannins need to be resolved…
— M.S.
(5/1/2010)
Koyle 2008 Royale Syrah (Colchagua Valley)
- $26
Powerful and also elegant for New World Syrah. The nose offers fine herbs, tobacco and sly berry fruit aromas. It’s rich and full in the mouth, with layereing and ripe flavors of black raspberry and plum. A supercharged wine that’s generous but not overdone.
— M.S.
(12/1/2011)
Koyle 2007 Royale Syrah (Maipo Valley)
- $26
Nicely concentrated and showing a full bouquet of minty black fruit, leather, spice and herbs. The palate is tannic and ripe, with black cherry, blackberry and an outlying salty, meaty accent. Finishes dry and controlled, with spice and mint. A prime wine from the Undurraga family.
— M.S.
(5/1/2010)
Koyle 2010 Reserva Syrah (Colchagua Valley)
- $17
Concentrated and earthy up front, with aromas of blackberry, boysenberry, graham cracker, leather and a whack of robust oak just for good measure. Feels big and chewy, with broad, oaky flavors of black fruit, herb, tea and exotic spice. Finishes heavy but gentle in feel. Drink now through 2014.
— M.S.
(6/1/2012)
Koyle 2009 Royale Carmenère (Colchagua Valley)
- $26
Compact and dark in style, with notes of shoe polish, coconut, rubber, violet and blackberry. It feels tannic and mildly abrasive, with blackened, ripe flavors of dark berry fruits backed by a peppery, spice-dominant finish. This blend of Carmenère, Syrah and Cabernet is oaky and big overall.
— M.S.
(9/1/2012)
Koyle 2009 Royale Cabernet Sauvignon (Colchagua Valley)
- $26
Solid berry aromas blend with notes of mild herb, mocha and sweet oak. The palate has good structure and feel, with creamy, oaky flavors of blackberry, cassis and vanilla. Dry, composed and medium-long on the finish, with freshness due to healthy acids. Contains 15% Malbec and Petit Verdot.
— M.S.
(9/1/2012)
Koyle 2011 Koyle Costa Sauvignon Blanc (Colchagua Costa)
- $22
This is snappy in the front of the palate, with green pea, bell pepper, tangerine and grass aromas. It feels alert, crisp and citric, with dry lime, grapefruit and pole bean flavors that culminate in lemon and persistent grapefruit notes on the finish. A linear, high-acid style of Sauvignon Blanc, this has definite coastal influences.
— M.S.
(12/1/2012)
Koyle 2010 Royale Carmenère (Colchagua Valley)
- $26
This is a broad, full-bodied Carmenère with leathery, foresty aromas as well as berry and cassis. The palate feels wide, grabby and hefty, while the flavors run toward meaty and toasty, with dark berry, herb and mildly bitter notes. On the finish, it overflows with heat, chocolate and peppery flavors.
— M.S.
(7/1/2013)
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