2022 Favia Cerro Sur

The 2022 Cerro Sur is fabulous. Dark, rich and expansive, the 2022 offers a striking mix of dark fruit, spice, graphite, sage, menthol and lavender. There's gorgeous depth, well-judged structure and impeccable balance to pull it all together. Bright acids inform the lively finish.

- Antonio Galloni (12/2024)

A Cabernet Franc blend that's been made since 2003, the 2022 Cerro Sur offers a great nose of red, blue and black fruit as well subtle notes of dark chocolate, spring flowers, and leafy herbs. Full bodied, ripe, opulent, and nicely concentrated, it's an undeniable success in the vintage and should have 10 to 15 years, if not more, of prime drinking. (01/2025)

Favia's 2022 Cerro Sur Red Wine—a blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and a bit of Merlot—is full-bodied, lush and ripe but not over the top, retaining its fresh, floral aromas, joined by tobacco and black cherries on the nose. Bottled in the first half of June 2024 and not scheduled to be released until September 2025, it should be singing by then, although the one quibble is that the lengthy finish shows a trace of alcoholic warmth.

- Joe Czerwinski (10/2024)