Why this wine matters
More than a famous label.
Santa Rita’s Floresta range is explicitly terroir-driven and built around low-intervention single-vineyard expressions. The Cabernet has repeatedly been one of the line’s flagship wines.
Viña Santa Rita · Maipo Valley
Floresta Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet · cherry · raspberry · graphite · cedar · fresh
Floresta Cabernet Sauvignon is a useful example of Chilean Cabernet made with freshness and origin in mind rather than maximum ripeness.
Country
Chile
Region
Maipo Valley
Appellation
Chile
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon
Style
Red
Realistic spend
£21–£30
Budget band: £20–£35
Best moments
birthdayfathers daydinner partyanniversarygift
A fresh, terroir-led Chilean Cabernet for dinner parties, Father’s Day and birthdays.
How it is made
The decisions behind the style.
The style is based on carefully selected Cabernet fruit with restrained extraction and oak intended to support rather than obscure the fruit.
What does it taste like?
The shape of the wine.
Cherry and raspberry meet graphite, stone and subtle cedar. The palate is broad but fresh, with fine tannins and a long finish.
Body4/5
Acidity4/5
Tannin4/5
Sweetness0/5
Oak influence2/5
Freshness4/5
Aroma4/5
Serve it well
Serve around 16–18°C.
If this wine were human…
The understated heavyweight
If Floresta Cabernet Sauvignon were human, it would be carries far more presence than the lack of theatrics initially suggests.
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Does any of this sound suspiciously familiar?
Carries far more presence than the lack of theatrics initially suggests. You notice small details and then pretend you did not, mostly to see whether anyone else does.
At dinner, you are happy to share the bottle, but you definitely noticed who poured themselves the heroic measure. Secretly, you are slightly competitive about having found the good place before everyone else.
In short: carries far more presence than the lack of theatrics initially suggests. cabernet energy, translated into a person.
Purely for fun — this is the wine’s fictional personality, not a psychological reading of yours.
What to eat with it
And the cheese?
No dead ends.
Start with this wine and move straight into cheese, or build a whole tasting around it.
Keep exploring
There are 365 more wines where this came from.
Research sources
This profile is researched against producer or similarly authoritative material. Vintage-specific details are kept separate from the permanent wine identity.