Chile has a leg up when the subject is quality and affordable wine many of which are under $20 CDN. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Carmenére. It has rested 16 months in French oak. Montes Alpha 2021 Special Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon is running in the quality pack! Aroma: Richer than Jeff Bezos. MassiveContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Montes Alpha 2021 Special Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon”
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RKS 2024 Wine: Puente Austral Reserva Privada 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile
The wine is from the Colchagua Valley in Chile which has evolved in the last 15 years from a quiet stretch of farmland into one of Chile’s largest and most active wine-producing wine regions. The relatively low elevation of the coastal hills allows the Pacific breezes to interplay with the Andean winds extending the region’sContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Puente Austral Reserva Privada 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile”
RKS 2024 Wine: Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water”
Wildfires rage on in Chile today. The urban area most affected would seem to be Viña del Mar a coastal resort city on the Pacific northwest of Valparaiso. Over 100 people have perished and hundreds are missing. It is too early to determine damage to viticulture but one should remember while fire is a threatContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water””
RKS 2023 Wine: Chile Can Seem to do Little Wrong
As we move on closing 2023 Chilean red wines sparkle with many wines at a modest price and a high quality. In the hope I don’t have to eat my words we move to a red by the name of Sideral from San Pedro Tarapacá from the Valle del Cachapoal. It is a blend ofContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Chile Can Seem to do Little Wrong”
RKS 2023 Wine: Chilean Chardonnay From Itata Valley
Chilean Chardonnay encountered this year has been less than impressive. Before writing it off it deserves a couple more chances. We try a Pandolfi Price Larkün 2018 Chardonnay from Chile’s Valle Del Itata. The Itata Valley is Chile’s oldest viticultural region which has been producing wine for more than 450 years. Its abundant rainfall andContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Chilean Chardonnay From Itata Valley”
RKS 2023 Wine: Alyan A&A 2017 Carménère from Chile
The Alyan A&A 2017 Carménère from Chile is produced in the Maule Valley, Chile’s largest viticultural area yet one of the most geographically and climatically diverse encompassing the Andes to the east, the sunny plains throughout the central corridor and the rolling coastal hills to the west which makes it possible for both red andContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Alyan A&A 2017 Carménère from Chile”
RKS 2023 Wine: Better Pinot Noir for Less? Chile? A Darling of the Medical Profession?
I am a wine writer from the other side of the tracks! A retired and impoverished old codger. I even had lunch in a suburban restaurant 36 kilometres from Toronto! There wasn’t an orthodontist in sight! Actually, the food was excellent as was the conversation with a veteran wine writer friend! There are no wineriesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Better Pinot Noir for Less? Chile? A Darling of the Medical Profession?”
RKS 2023 Wine: Laura Hartwig Chilean Carménère: Pinot Noir on Steroids?
From the Colchagua Valley in Chile we have a Laura Hartwig Single Vineyard Carménère. In 1966 Laura Bisquertt inherited the “Santa Laura Estate” from Osvaldo her father who had planted traditional crops and raised dairy livestock on it. Laura’s husband Alejandro Hartwig bought adjoining plots of land and planting of traditional Bordeaux grapes commenced inContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Laura Hartwig Chilean Carménère: Pinot Noir on Steroids?”
RKS 2023 Wine: The Superhero Wine Writer Humbly and Inadequately Explores a Chilean Carignan
Occasionally you encounter the superhero wine writer proud to be a judge at a wine competition or simply at some wine tasting event. Superhero has just tasted 83 wines and rated each of them maybe in the space of a couple of hours! Amazing! My crappy palate is put to the test on certain pressContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: The Superhero Wine Writer Humbly and Inadequately Explores a Chilean Carignan”
RKS 2023 Wines: Chilean Pinot Noir from the Casablanca Valley
We move to a Chilensis 2017 Signature Series Pinot Noir from Chile’s Casablanca Valley. The Casablanca Valley is Chile’s premier cool climate wine region with its gentle Pacific Ocean breezes, early morning fog and old granitic soils that create a rich tapestry of terroirs and make it one of Chile’s top white wine producers. SoContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wines: Chilean Pinot Noir from the Casablanca Valley”
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