Kaiken Ultra Cabernet Sauvignon

For Montes Kaiken Ultra Cabernet Sauvignon, all grapes are carefully harvested by hand, brought to the winery, and initially cold-macerated for seven days (10 °C). Then, the ten- to twelve-day alcoholic fermentation begins at controlled temperatures of 25 to 28 °C. After the fermentation period is complete, the wines remain on the skins for another ten to 15 days to extract intense pigments, aromas, and soft tannins from the grape skins. The wines are then racked and 80% are aged for one year in French oak barriques.

The color of the Kaiken Cabernet Sauvignon Ultra is a deep purple to ruby red.

The aroma is an elegant, varietal-typical bouquet with intense, multi-layered aromas of ripe blackcurrants, cherries, dark chocolate, and spices.

Its taste is full-bodied, ripe, with good body and promising, equally powerful yet silky tannins that harmonize with the deep, elegant aromas of the Cabernet grapes (from old vines in the best plots in Agrelo), great finish, lush, delicious, with fine notes of chocolate and an extremely long aftertaste.

James Suckling: 93 points for the 2016 vintage