The Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon is a powerful Cabernet and one of the showpieces of the Montes winery collection. It starts with a lively ruby red color. Then, an expressive scent with red berries, jam, cassis, strawberry, chocolate, black pepper and some cedar. Eight months of French oak produces aromas of vanilla, smoke, cigar boxes and sweet spices. This wine is rich and fresh, robust and elegant at the same time. Everything falls into place, a nice balance and a long finish. The wine consists mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon but with a hint of Merlot. Food & moment A food wine par excellence: stewed beef with fries, steak and eggs, paella, cannelloni and lasagna. Also possible neat, nice later in the evening. FACT: The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are almost next to the Rijksweg with plenty of parking. Click here for address. ABOUT MONTES Montes is a leader in Chile and was at the basis of the quality improvement that the country has undergone. Aurelio Montes Sr. was elected the most influential winemaker in Chile. In 1987, Aurelio Montes and 3 partners took the initiative to start a wine company with the aim of exploiting the full potential of Chile as a wine country and producing the highest possible quality wine. This has been quite successful, Montes is one of the absolute top producers in Chile and Aurelio was recently chosen as the most influential wine man in the country. Montes has five vineyards. Three of them are located in Curico Valley and two in Colchagua Valley, together they cover an area of 600 ha. In 2004, a completely new winery was built in Alpalta, which was set up according to the Chinese Fengh Shui philosophy. In the meantime, Aurelio Jr. has also earned his spurs as a winemaker and together with his father he forms a close and successful team