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Arboleda Aconcagua Costa Pinot Noir 2016
93
James Suckling
91
Wine Advocate
(4/28/2017) "2016 Pinot Noir Aconcagua Costa was produced with fruit grown from two specific plots from their vineyards at 12 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in French oak for 11 months (only 10% new). It has a nice nose mixing spices, sour cherries and a touch of earth and forest floor, even though the wine is so evidently young. The palate is very tasty and juicy, with super fine tannins and a remarkable, long finish. 6,500 bottles were filled in February 2017. Drink Date 2017 - 2019."
(4/28/2017) "2016 Pinot Noir Aconcagua Costa was produced with fruit grown from two specific plots from their vineyards at 12 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in French oak for 11 months (only 10% new). It has a nice nose mixing spices, sour cherries and a touch of earth and forest floor, even though the wine is so evidently young. The palate is very tasty and juicy, with super fine tannins and a remarkable, long finish. 6,500 bottles were filled in February 2017. Drink Date 2017 - 2019."
$
1999
Discount:
750 ML
Montsecano "Refugio Vineyard" Casablanca Valley Pinot Noir 2016
93
Wine Advocate
(4/2017) "All wines from 2016 had been bottled on January 22, 2017, and I tasted the whole range with one of the partners, Julio Donoso three weeks after the bottling. We started with the 2016 Refugio Pinot Noir, which is pure Pinot Noir from red soils rich in clay and granite in Casablanca, fermented with indigenous yeasts and kept in egg-shaped cement vats until bottling. This is very fresh, focused and complex even if it's still so obviously young. The grapes were harvested extremely early, 17 days earlier than their first vintage (2010) even considering the year was cooler and later ripening. It's very tasty and elegant, with symmetry and chiseled flavors. It was not dizzy despite the recent bottling."
(4/2017) "All wines from 2016 had been bottled on January 22, 2017, and I tasted the whole range with one of the partners, Julio Donoso three weeks after the bottling. We started with the 2016 Refugio Pinot Noir, which is pure Pinot Noir from red soils rich in clay and granite in Casablanca, fermented with indigenous yeasts and kept in egg-shaped cement vats until bottling. This is very fresh, focused and complex even if it's still so obviously young. The grapes were harvested extremely early, 17 days earlier than their first vintage (2010) even considering the year was cooler and later ripening. It's very tasty and elegant, with symmetry and chiseled flavors. It was not dizzy despite the recent bottling."
Errazuriz "Max Reserva" Acongagua Valley Chardonnay 2016
91
Wine Spectator
(7/31/2017) "Minerally and rich-tasting, with finely crafted flavors of apple, citrus, pear and spice that are supported by fresh acidity. Crunchy dried savory notes power the finish. Drink now through 2021."
(7/31/2017) "Minerally and rich-tasting, with finely crafted flavors of apple, citrus, pear and spice that are supported by fresh acidity. Crunchy dried savory notes power the finish. Drink now through 2021."
$
1499
Discount:
750 ML
Gen del Alma "JiJiJi" Tupungato Chenin Blanc 2017
Searingly high acid will make you pucker up, but leave you wanting another sip!
90
Our Score
88
Vinous, Stephen Tanzer
(7/2018) "Lemon-straw color with an unfiltered appearance. Aromas of pineapple, orange zest, ginger and crushed stone, plus a positive suggestion of oxidation that quickly dissipated. Bone-dry, salty wine with a tart lemon drop character, distinct minerality and some unabsorbed CO2. In an extremely austere style but shows more body than its 11.5% alcohol would suggest. Hipster sommelier alert: this one's for you. For all others: you've been warned."
(7/2018) "Lemon-straw color with an unfiltered appearance. Aromas of pineapple, orange zest, ginger and crushed stone, plus a positive suggestion of oxidation that quickly dissipated. Bone-dry, salty wine with a tart lemon drop character, distinct minerality and some unabsorbed CO2. In an extremely austere style but shows more body than its 11.5% alcohol would suggest. Hipster sommelier alert: this one's for you. For all others: you've been warned."
$
1499
Discount:
750 ML
