I am not one prone to exaggerate (well, maybe sometimes), but I have to tell you, this wine is outstanding, and for the price simply unbelievable. Beautiful fruit, cherries and blackberries, round full body, tannic with phenomenal length… we are talking high quality all around greatness, and did I say ridiculously priced?
Enjoyed December 2016.

A stunner. Incredible value.

Tasted April 2015
Wonderful wine, fruity. Great length

What value! This just explodes out of the glass, and then on the palate. There's enormous depth and complexity with notes of blackberry, blueberry, cherry, woodsy oak, baking spices, and new leather. The sweet oak takes over for a time, overpowering the rest, but with more time the depth and complexity return, with even greater balance, the dark fruit joined by tangy raspberry and cherry, those dark Petit Verdot elements joined by meaty, peppery, and earthy notes from the Syrah, the acidity cutting the richness, the structure nicely balanced, the length exceptional. Quite the "country wine."

This blend featuring Petit Verdot and Syrah, not surprisingly, shows dark fruit in the black cherry, cassis, black/blueberry realm with violet, black olive and meatiness to add complexity. 18 months of new oak is quite integrated and will coalesce further, revealing vanilla and a vague tarry molasses flavour. Structure is provided by juicy acidity, alcohol heat and still sticky granular tannin. Will yet improve with age as fruit concentration, tannin and oak continue to mind meld. Excellent length. 91-92 pts. June 2017.

The 2011 Finca Constancia Altos de la Finca, composed of 60% Petit Verdot and 40% Syrah that was aged for 18 months in new French Oak barrels, has expressive and seductive aromas of forest needles, toast, oak, vanilla, graphite and black cherry on the nose and inky black cherry, plum, cranberry, oak and light lees on the palate. It is a medium bodied, extra-dry, integrated wine; still UNBALANCED with edgy/tart acidity, dusty tannins (decant for 30 min) and a medium to long, silky finish. Currently, this wine should be enjoyed with food, but in couple of years it should evolve into a beautiful sipper once the acidity further integrates (Evolution potential +1 to 3 pts) – drink 2016/17-2025 (long cork enclosure). My impression: NICE now, but will be BEAUTIFUL down the road, 90 (+1-3 Ep) pts – recommended especially for its quality (if you can cellar it), but value as well. Tasted in Jan/15.

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2019