“A creamy, vanilla-drenched nose wraps around a blackcurrant core with occasional flashes of roasted coffee and earth. Cranberry and overripe strawberry gives it a slight confected note. Enticing saline notes linger on a long, cool finish.”

“A clear step up in the quality Cabernet ladder, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Antiguas Reservas feels quite fresh, balanced and harmonious, with some incipient complexity. The fruit is clean and the oak is nicely integrated. It has the classical Cabernet Sauvignon tannins, is quite polished with good balance and acidity, fresh and easy to drink. This is approachable and better with food. Good value and quite representative of its birthplace.”

“Shows lots of green olive notes to the dark plum and currant flavors. Accents of dried meat linger on the tannic finish.”

In the live TV segment “Wine Down Wednesday,” Leslie Sbrocco recommends a range of wines under $25 that are perfect for fall entertaining. Included as a recommendation is the COUSIÑO-MACUL Antiguas Reservas Cabernet Sauvignon 2013. Click on the link above to watch video.

“Aged in French oak barrels for 12 months and an additional six months in the bottle, this wine offered cherry, earth, smoke, tea and spice.”