A prize wining red wine from the Colchagua Valley in Chile, Viña Casa Silva 2009 is a robust, meaty wine with lots of red fruit flavour and tones of cedar wood and cloves. It is a very tannic and it is very strong in alcohol. It is full bodied and the concentrated taste lingers long on the palate. All of the ingredients are well integrated which indicates a good quality wine.
We drank half a bottle of this with some chicken and ham broth which was tomato based. The wine was not overpowered. In fact this wine would go well with something more powerful tasting such as a beef broth . And, the next time I try the wine I shall make a beef or lamb broth and add a couple of glasses.
For my taste the 2009 was not subtle enough and I found the taste and feel of the wine to be a little bit jammy and I struggled to drink even a quarter of a bottle. The wine should be kept for five years or more to allow the tannins to soften and the taste to become more mellow. It needs a little patience before drinking. This is a shame as most people will never keep this wine long enough for it to reach its true potential. I recommend this wine to anyone who is prepared to keep it for five or six years, even ten, and then drink it with a hearty meal.
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