Deep cherry-red in color while the nose is elegant and complex, with ripe red fruit, cedar, tobacco and chocolate notes. The 2008 season was marked by a cold winter, a cold start to spring followed by a hot summer. Minimum temperatures were always low, producing good temperature diferences between night and day. This was a relatively dry season in terms of rainfall, the spring and summer months were very dry with just a few rainfalls in March and April.
Don Melchor has been hailed the best Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile by both the Wine Spectator and Robert Parker. Named after the founder of the winery, Don Melchor de Concha y Toro, the wine has become a symbol of the best the land and the winemaker's hand can produce in Chile.