Approachable, supple, chocolaty.
The story behind this bottle is engaging. The label - a frame you see around SR is the frame of a mirror, which hangs just off the pool room at the Santa Rita Estate near Santiago. The mirror is said to have seen a lot over the years at this historic estate, including me, playing pool.
The wine is a crowd-pleaser, aimed at the trend of sweeter blended red wines. The nose delivers forest berries, oodles of chocolate, bay leaf, and roasted beet aromas. The palate is, as expected, supple with rich mocha flavours. Nice balance here, and less sweet than most of its category counterparts.
Pair: BBQ, game day fare such as burgers, pizza, ribs, chili...
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Wine Scores Reviewed - February 14th, 2017

Made from estate vineyards in Alto Jahuel, with specially selected Cabernet grapes, the finished wine is aged 8 months in French and American oak barrels.
The aromas are rich and chocolaty layering cassis with vanilla and sweet spices. It's a solid but fresh wine, almost chewy, with plush and plummy flavours layered with currents and spiced mocha.

Pairs great with Gone Crackers Canadian Chedder & Chive
 
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Wine Scores Reviewed - May 27th, 2012

Always a good value weekday dinner red, the Santa Rita Reserva Merlot with sweet and smoky plum notes, briary berries, saddle leather cedar, vanilla, sweet spices and cocoa. It is fresha and juicy in the mouth with plummy flavours rounded out with cedar, spicebox, toasted oak and wild berries.
It has a nice savoury component, which will pair nicely with slow roasted or spicier grilled red meats.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - September 11th, 2013