*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile. Told you I found some lost tasting notes! I think this 2009 Ritual Veramonte Pinot Noir was the second wine for the Chilean Tasting. Veramonte is a winery that I have recommended many times in the past, particularly for [...]
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*I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile. Alas, I was so close to catching up on my older tasting notes. And yet again I failed. I pulled out a notebook to jot down notes for the Carmenere and Curry Chilean Wine Tasting the other night and lo [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine to participate in a Wines of Chile online tasting. I’ve previously talked (written?) about the Wines of Chile online tastings that I sometimes participate in. For this one, the tasting focused on Carmenere based wines. Carmenere can, for me, still be a pretty wild and untamed grape. One of the [...]
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2008 Maycas del Limari Reserva Especial Chardonnay. From Chile. From a totally arid area. I haven’t had too much Chardonnay from Chile but I’m seeing it more and more. Can smell the slight oak on the nose with some smoke and cream. Apple and pear. Creamy oak and apples on the palate. Retails for $18-$22. [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile in order to participate in a live tasting event. I’m still meandering my way through older online tastings. However, we’re finally well into 2011, which means I’m almost there. Almost there. I can do it. I participated in a [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine to participate in a Wines of Chile Tasting. This is the last wine from this tasting. I think. Woot! One step closer to being caught up on all the posts I owe you from that time! This particular wine came from a Wines of Chile red blends tasting, which was [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample to participate in a Wines of Chile Tasting Have I mentioned lately how much fun the Wines of Chile Tastings are? If I haven’t, I should. The lovely PR people for the Wines of Chile gather a herd of cats [wine bloggers], send us all wine, a [...]
I found a bottle of wine in my basement and I have absolutely no idea where it came from. None. The importer yielded no clues, it didn’t have paperwork taped to it like I do with the samples I get, nothing. So that leaves a couple options. It was a present from someone. My dad [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks for Wines of Chile in order to participate in a tasting. This post gets the same explanation as the previous Chilean Red Blends post. I simply did not get around to typing up my notes and publishing them in a timely manner, but [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the Wines of Chile PR folks in order to participate in a Wines of Chile tasting Ok. I flat out admit that I am super duper duper behind on my posts. I have no excuse for this beyond the fact that all fall I was extremely [...]
