If you are a follower of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s (LCBO) bi-monthly Vintages Catalogue you must have noticed a steady increase in prices in the past two years with wines from Ontario no exception. Chilean prices seem less inclined follow the upward trajectory in price.
We try a P/K/N/T Platinum 2020 from Casa Terra at $20.95 in a very heavy glass bottle so much so you may have to eat a tin of spinach before opening and lifting it and I refer to Popeye the Sailor Man not Popeye Doyle of ” The French Connection”.
A blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% each of Carmenère, Syrah and Malbec.
Aroma: Bright and clear blueberry, raspberry, black cherry and some minute milk chocolate.
Palate: Very grippy tannins here. Highflying blueberry reminding one of homemade blueberry jam as opposed to the jammier over sugared commercial variety. Faintish blackberry. Moderately long finish.
Personality: Like my big heavy bottle I think of myself as having a forceful personality. But being big I can’t say I am powerful or full bodied but rather middle of the road and quite distant from my smooth drinking Cali cousins you may have been drinking before Trump pissed you off to the extent you no longer drink Cali wine by choice not by the fact American wine may have been pulled off the shelves in your country.
Food Match: Best consumed with food. Udon noodles lightly tossed in a bowl with sesame seed oil, chili crisp, soy sauce and canola oil. No more Made in America Kraft Dinner for us Canadians. This noodle dish can be a substitute and takes about the same time to prepare as KD.
Cellarbility: Would 2 years of ageing de-grip the tannins and let the fruit escape?
RKS 2025 Wine Rating: 89/100. 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards 95. Natalie MacLean community score 91/100.
(Casa Terra 2020 P/K/N/T Platinum, Maule Valley, Casa Terra, Santiago, Chile, 750 mL 14%).
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