Santa Helena
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Santa Helena 2009 DON Red (Colchagua Valley)
- $75
This Cabernet-led blend is compact on the bouquet, with clay, spice, balsam and rubbery berry aromas. The palate offers fine structure and intensity, with blackberry, toast, coffee and mocha flavors. It’s long and chocolaty on the well-oaked finish. The blend contains 15% Petit Verdot and 5% Syrah; drink through 2017.
— M.S.
(3/1/2013)
Santa Helena 2008 DON Red (Colchagua Valley)
- $75
Aromatics of dill and vanilla are straight from the Old World, but otherwise this is modern and flush. Aromas of cedar and wood resin are also present in front of a tannic, roasted palate that features soft berry fruit, cola and medicinal flavors. Ripe, big and sweet; starts like Rioja and finishes like classic Chilean Cabernet; includes 17% Merlot and Carmenère.
— M.S.
(4/1/2011)
Santa Helena 2001 Seleccion del Directorio Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon (Central Valley)
- Best Buy
- $11
Clean and rich, with a bouquet of ripe berry notes accented by soft oak. Flavors of plum and cherry are defined and rich, while the finish is of proper weight and style; it’s chewy yet racy enough. As reds go, it’s round and robust, and very satisfying. It’s what Chilean Cabernet should be.
— M.S.
(8/1/2004)
Santa Helena 2002 Notas de Guarda Cabernet Sauvignon (Colchagua Valley)
- $18
A big, flavor-packed Cabernet with a hard-hitting nose of black fruit and sweet oak. Monster blackberry, cherry and cassis flavors are accented by chocolate and pepper, and only on the finish do the hard tannins get aggressive. Excellent flavor; a bit hard in terms of mouthfeel.
— M.S.
(2/1/2005)
Santa Helena 2010 Selección del Directorio Sauvignon Blanc (Colchagua Valley)
- Best Buy
- $11
Santa Helena has moved to the Colchagua Coast for its SB, and the results are impressive. This wine is pungent, cool and citrusy, with grapefruit, mineral, saline and fresh asparagus on the nose and palate. It’s slightly sheering and lemony but honest and snappy to the max. Tangy late and very nice overall.
— M.S.
(4/1/2011)
Santa Helena 2010 Parras Viejas Cabernet Sauvignon (Colchagua Valley)
- $39
A spicy, dry berry aroma forms a strong opening that’s crisp, focused and slightly herbal in character. The palate feels juicy and tight, with crisp tannins that set up racy cassis, plum and mocha flavors. Clean and fresh on the finish.
— M.S.
(3/1/2013)
Santa Helena 2010 Vernus Red (Colchagua Valley)
- $20
This red blend is snappy but also jammy on the nose, with a blueberry aroma and a pinch of green. The mouthfeel is syrupy and big, with jammy flavors of baked berry and cherry. On the finish, there’s enough acidity to keep it fresh as the red berry and cassis flavors take over.
— M.S.
(3/1/2013)
Santa Helena 2002 Siglo de oro Cabernet Sauvignon (Central Valley)
- Best Buy
- $9
Give this wine a few minutes in the glass and it really shows its stuff. It’s a pleasant surprise from a previously unknown producer, one that offers sweet plum, cassis and cherry on a sturdy, defined frame. Basic but good, with ripeness and nary a flaw.
— M.S.
(8/1/2004)
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