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Garage scores from Luis Gutiérrez
We are indeed content in the Garage with the results of the latest Chile Report from Luis Gutiérrez and Robert Parker´s Wine Advocate. Beyond scores perhaps the consistency of the parcels vintage 2016 thru 2020 and their recommended cellaring makes us all the more jubilant.
En el Garaje estamos realmente contentos con los resultados del último informe sobre Chile de Luis Gutiérrez y Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. Más allá de las puntuaciones, quizás la consistencia de las parcelas cosecha 2016 a 2020 y su guarda recomendada nos hace aún más felices.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Cru Truquilemu


Rating: 97+ Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2030 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Carignan |
The 2020 Cru Truquilemu is a Cariñena field blend with Syrah that comes from a low-yielding section of the old Truquilemu Vineyard that they have been vinifying for years and cultivated with a combination of original methods for cultivating the old vines—i.e., farmed by hand and horse, accompanied by the analysis and scientific ideas of Professor Alvaro Peña, who is a Garage partner and their in-house PhD in viticulture. It fermented in open-top 1,500- and 2,500-kilo lagar fermenters, using punch-downs and more stems than in the regular Truquilemu. They use first-class barrels that are third-use or older and age the wines slowly over two winters. It has 12.8% alcohol and very good freshness and acidity. This is always one of the highlights of the portfolio, and in 2020, it’s no exception; it’s elegant, clean and floral and with no traces of excess, subtle, more closed than other 2020s, serious and simply terrific, transcending the vintage. 5,233 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Vigno


Rating: 97+ Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2030 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Carignan |
The 2020 Vigno is selected from specific plots of their vineyard in Truquilemu that are traditionally farmed; everything is done by hand and with animals. It is spectacular and transcends the nature of the vintage, coming through as fresh, aromatic and floral. It fermented with some 20% stems and indigenous yeasts and matured in well-seasoned, neutral barrels for two winters. It has 13.1% alcohol and a pH of 3.25, ethereal, with lots of inner energy, medium-bodied and with very fine tannins and terrific balance. 3,366 bottles produced.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Truquilemu Vineyard


Rating: 96+ Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2030 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Carignan |
The 2020 Truquilemu Vineyard follows the path of the 2018 and 2019 with even lower alcohol (12.9%) and great freshness and acidity, a pH of 3.36 and 6.4 grams of acidity. The modus operandi was the usual: fermented in open-top vats with indigenous yeasts and manual punch-down with a slow malolactic, which took 10 months to finish, and matured in used barrels over two winters. It contains some 4% Syrah. This has the ethereal quality of this vineyard, powerful but weightless. This place makes fresh wines even in warm vintages like 2020, and you feel that especially in the palate where the wine is vibrant and lively. 5,882 bottles were filled in February 2022.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Renacido Vineyard


Rating: 95 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2035 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon |
The 2020 Renacido Vineyard, marked with Lt #114, was produced with Cabernet Sauvignon from Cauquenes (Maule), searching for finesse, tension and fine tannins. It was produced with grapes from ancient País vines regrafted to Cabernet Sauvignon 10 years ago with some 12% Malbec in the field blend that has been, in the words of Derek Mossman, “uncertified organic for 75+ years.” It fermented in open lagars with indigenous yeasts and a small portion of whole clusters that were foot-trodden, then it matured in neutral barrels over two winters. It has 13.4% alcohol and an incredible pH of 3.3 with 6.23 grams of acidity. There’s finesse and perfume here, with the core of 2020 ripeness, but all very subtle. 6,940 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Sauzal Vineyard


Rating: 95 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2029 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Proprietary Blend |
The 2020 Sauzal Vineyard marked as Lot #115 from Empedrado in Maule, is a blend of 55% Garnacha, 39% Cariñena and 6% Monastrell from a vineyard originally 100% Cariñena that they regrafted with the other varieties and that they work together with grower Don Nivaldo Morales. They added around 20% of the stems in the fermentation vessel. It has moderate alcohol, 13.6%, and more freshness and acidity, which they think is because there’s more Garnacha in the blend. This is one of the 2020s that seems to have escaped the vintage signature and comes through as very fresh, clean, aromatic, floral and less rustic than the majority of the other 2020s. 3,985 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • The Ploughmen Carignan Field Blend


Rating: 95 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2029 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Proprietary Blend |
The harmonious, fresh, clean, aromatic and floral 2020 The Ploughmen Carignan Field Blend from Empedrado in Maule was produced with a blend of 55% Garnacha, 39% Cariñena and 6% Monastrell from a vineyard originally 100% Cariñena that they regrafted with the other varieties. Like many of their wines, they added around 20% of the stems in the fermentation vessel. It has moderate alcohol, 13.6%, and more freshness and acidity, which they think is because there’s more Garnacha in the blend. This has also escaped the vintage signature and feels more elegant and less rustic than the majority of 2020s.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Isidore Vineyard Maule Valley Semillón


Rating: 94 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2029 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: White Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Semillón |
The just-bottled 2022 Isidore Vineyard Maule Valley Semillon has even lower alcohol than the 2021, 12.3%, and a little less acidity and freshness, but it matured in the same way: in a mixture of tinaja, FlexTank, stainless steel and used barriques for 12 months. It’s paler and more floral than the 2021 I tasted next to it, younger and less developed, a little rounder and softer, a little gentler, but this can change a lot in the bottle. I think it will eventually be as good as the 2021 feels now… 6,201 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2023.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Old Vine Pale


Rating: 94 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2034 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Rosé Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Proprietary Blend |
The 2022 Old Vine Pale is no longer produced only with Cariñena and Monastrell from Truquilemu Vineyard. They saw a local grower in Linda Vista, also in Maule, with similar grapes and decided to use them here, which brought off-the-chart acidity, 9.3 grams, that makes the wine electric and vibrant. They did mostly direct pressing this year (only 10% The white 2021 Isidore Vineyard Maule Valley Semillón was produced with grapes from a vineyard planted in the 1940s on decomposed granite soils. It fermented in tinaja with skins (one-third each with full skins) and some whole bunches added, and it matured in tinaja, FlexTank, stainless steel and used barriques for 12 months. It has 12.6% alcohol and a very low pH with very good acidity. It has a golden color and a complex nose of pollen and chicken broth, and there’s an oxidative whiff (in a positive way) that made me think of peroxide. The palate is vibrant, and there’s a chalky, austerity in the mouthfeel. 4,146 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.). It’s even lower in alcohol (12.3%) and pH (3.1) and is aromatic and nuanced, and the palate is effervescent with acidity and minerality. This is a rosé like the Clarete from Pícaro del Águila, a serious wine that repays cellaring, but unfortunately, most people will drink it young and will miss the point and the complexity. 7,108 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2023.
2021 Garage Wine Co. • Isidore Vineyard Maule Valley Semillón


Rating: 94 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2028 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: White Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Semillón |
The white 2021 Isidore Vineyard Maule Valley Semillon was produced with grapes from a vineyard planted in the 1940s on decomposed granite soils. It fermented in tinaja with skins (one-third each with full skins) and some whole bunches added, and it matured in tinaja, FlexTank, stainless steel and used barriques for 12 months. It has 12.6% alcohol and a very low pH with very good acidity. It has a golden color and a complex nose of pollen and chicken broth, and there’s an oxidative whiff (in a positive way) that made me think of peroxide. The palate is vibrant, and there’s a chalky, austerity in the mouthfeel. 4,146 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Bagual Vineyard Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell


Rating: 94 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2029 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Proprietary Blend |
The 2020 Bagual Vineyard Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell comes from plants that have been worked with regenerative farming with grower-partner the Solar family in transition now for three years, and it’s the first vineyard in Chile (three in Bagual) to receive Ecological Outcome Verification™ (EOV™) from the Savory Institute. It has 13.8% alcohol with a pH of 3.25 and 6.75 grams of acidity. Despite the moderate alcohol, I found the imprint of rusticity from 2020, the earthiness and the ripeness sensation, but as I often saw in many wines, the palate showed better, so it could be a transitional moment for the nose. The wine is medium-bodied with fine-grained, granite tannins and with purity of flavors and a long finish. 5,239 bottles were filled in February 2022.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Las Higueras Vineyard


Rating: 94 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2030 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Cabernet Franc |
The 2020 Las Higueras Vineyard comes from 120-year-old bush vines on alluvial soils in a vineyard that is no longer ploughed. The vines in Loncomilla are worked under regenerative viticulture, but there’s no organic certification. The wine is marked with Lot #122 and now bottled in a lighter Loire-shaped bottle, to reflect the new profile of the wine to something more elegant and graceful. It fermented with indigenous yeasts with 15% to 20% of the lignified stems added after the crush, with the cap punched down by hand and aged in third-use and more barrels for two winters. It has only 12.8% alcohol and very good freshness and acidity parameters. 2020 was warm and dry, and the harvest was early, before the big problems with COVID-19 started; but there’s a hint of ripeness here, coming through as faintly rustic, not as refined as the Cabernet Sauvignon from Maule… 9,671 bottles were filled in January 2022.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Pereira Vineyard Syrah


Rating: 94 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2029 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Cauquenes Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Syrah |
They worked for years with Javier Pereira, who provided them Cariñena, País and San Francisco/Negramole. When he died, they decided to name the 2020 Pereira Vineyard Syrah after him. It comes from old País plants regrafted to Syrah 10 years ago. It fermented with the addition of some 20% of the stems and indigenous yeasts in open-top vats and matured in used barrels for two winters. It has a moderate 13.5% alcohol and a low pH of 3.2 with a high 6.68 grams of acidity (measured in tartaric acid per liter of wine). I found this wine harmonious and balanced, and somehow the 2020 character is very subtle here; the wine is tasty and harmonious, with very good freshness and balance and mellow varietal character. The 2021 will be aged in Italian botti. 4,876 bottles were filled in February 2022.
2019 Garage Wine Co. • Reelegido Vineyard


Rating: 94 Prices: View here Drink date: 2022 – 2030 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maipo Valley Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon |
The Cabernet Sauvignon from Maipo in Isla de Maipo that was introduced in 2018 was also bottled as 2019 Reelegido Vineyard and marked with Lot #110. It was produced with fruit from 65+-year-old vines on alluvial soils with round stones (40-50 centimeters in size). The vineyard produces 1.5 kilos per plant of small bunches. They feel they were more accurate with the harvest date this time to achieve a fresher and more elegant wine with 14.1% alcohol and a pH of 3.47 and 6.14 grams of acidity. As with the majority of wines, it fermented in open vats with native yeasts with the cap punched down by hand and matured over two winters in well-seasoned, neutral French oak barrels. It feels harmonious, balanced, powerful and elegant with fine-grained tannins, varietal and precise. 5,728 bottles were filled in February 2021.
2021 Garage Wine Co. • Cinsault The Soothsayers Ferment


Rating: 93 Prices: View here Drink date: 2022 – 2027 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Southern Chile, Itata Valley Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Cinsault |
The 2021 Cinsault The Soothsayers Ferment was produced with grapes from two farms and three plots in Guarilihue Alto in Itata, within the appellation Secano Interior Coelemu, worked by horse in the old style and fermented together. “All of the fruit does not enter the tank at same time. When the second day’s picking is ready, we simply stack a part or all on top of the tank already fermenting—one single ferment” was the explanation for the name of the wine, which finished with 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.48, quite low for the grape. The wine matured in what they described as very old barrels over one winter. It’s serious, with a slightly shy nose, not as open and expressive as others, more elegant, very clean and fresh. It’s medium-bodied and with fine-grained tannins and a granite texture. 5,416 bottles were filled in February 2022.
2021 Garage Wine Co. • Old Vine Pale


Rating: 93 Prices: View here Drink date: 2022 – 2027 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Empedrado Color: Rosé Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Proprietary Blend |
The rosé 2021 Old Vine Pale was produced with Cariñena and Monastrell from Truquilemu Vineyard, half a hectare from DO Empedrado, an appellation in Maule. It has 12.9% alcohol and very good freshness. This is a serious rosé that goes beyond the category; I drank a bottle of 2013 the day before I tasted this, and the wine was fantastic, a lot more nuanced and with depth, serious, which is how this wine should turn out with time in bottle. You can sense this in the palate of the 2021, but without having the reference of the 2013, it would be difficult to imagine the evolution… 7,199 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2022 after spending one winter in used barrels.
2021 Garage Wine Co. • Passageiro Escondido


Rating: 93 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2028 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Cauquenes Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Negramoll |
Negramole was brought to Chile inadvertently mixed with País hundreds of years ago. It is called San Francisco locally, and it’s the grape used for the 2021 Passageiro Escondido, which was produced like all the reds: native fermentation in open-top vats and aging in used barrels. It has 12.8% alcohol, moderate pH, 3.53, and good acidity. Mossman’s explanation was great: “If Cinsault is a sort of classic Little Black Dress, then Negramole is an elegant pair of capri linen trousers made to be worn with sandals.” I loved the wine, which is quite pale, aromatic, refined and different, with a strong personality. It feels mineral, like a wet pumice stone, and has complexity and depth. The palate feels elegant, balanced and fine-boned, tasty and refined. A great debut. Only 971 bottles were filled in September 2022.
2021 Garage Wine Co. • País 215 BC Ferment


Rating: 93 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2027 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: País |
The 2021 País 215 BC Ferment, a village red from plots they know well, four of them fermented together. The explanation of the name is as follows: “A winery was making País in Portezuelo in 1548 (documented); Cabernet Sauvignon (a crossing of Cabernet Franc & Sauvignon Blanc) is documented from 1763 (near Bordeaux). The difference: 1763 – 1548 = 215 thus: 215 year BC ‘Before Cabernet.'” Like the rest of the wines, it fermented wit indigenous yeast in open-top vats with some stems and matured in neutral barrels over one winter. It’s perfumed, floral, clean and expressive, very elegant and balanced, with refined tannins. Brilliant. 6,517 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.
2021 Garage Wine Co. • País-Cariñena Phoenix Ferment


Rating: 93 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2026 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley Color: White Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: País |
The blanc de noirs Single Ferment Series 2021 País-Cariñena Phoenix Ferment was produced with grapes from the Secano Interior zone of Cauquenes in Maule, from different farms on decomposed granite soils in Truquilemu, Puico, Sauzal and Purapel, and due to the DO laws, it has to be 86% País and 14% Cariñena worked organically but not certified. The whole clusters were pressed, and the juice fermented with indigenous yeasts in closed-top fermenters and kept with lees for 10 to 12 weeks. It has 12.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.16 and 6.54 grams of acidity, floral, clean and expressive. It is a fun wine that seems grown up, tasty and more serious. They took it more seriously, and it feels nuanced, harmonious and more complex. 6,542 bottles were filled in February 2022.
2020 Garage Wine Co. • Bagual Vineyard Garnacha


Rating: 93 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2028 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley Color: White Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Garnacha |
The 2020 Bagual Vineyard Garnacha marked with Lot #119 comes from the vineyard in the village of Calivoro (old spelling) planted with Garnacha from Cataluña (a rarity) that achieved organic certification after working in regenerative viticulture for three years. The wine is unusually ripe, reaching 14% alcohol, but it keeps a low pH of 3.33 and 6.7 grams of acidity. One of 11 single-vineyard bottlings, this also matured in used barrels over two winters. This is definitely Mediterranean and Priorat like, with notes of aromatic herbs, dark plums and an earthy touch. The palate reveals tasty flavors of ripe fruit and dusty tannins. 4,638 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2022.
2022 Garage Wine Co. • País-Cariñena Phoenix Ferment


Rating: 93 Prices: View here Drink date: 2024 – 2027 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley Color: White Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: País |
The 2022 País-Cariñena Phoenix Ferment was marginally riper than the 2021, with 12.9% alcohol, a pH of 3.14 and 6.38 grams of acidity. It’s still aromatic and harmonious, a food wine, fresh and balanced. It feels a little younger and more primary than the 2021 that today shows more complexity. Maybe it’s just a difference in age. This is young and tender and should develop nicely in bottle. 6,471 bottles were filled in February 2023.
2021 Garage Wine Co. • Old-Vine Revival País


Rating: 92 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2027 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley, Cauquenes Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: País |
They recovered some País vineyards that produced the 2021 Old-Vine Revival País from four small plots in different farms in Cauquenes. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in open-top lagars with some lignified stems that were reintroduced after crush to avoid carbonic maceration, and it aged in neutral very old barrels over one winter. It has 13.1% alcohol and a pH of 3.45. It’s characterful and feels quite serious, juicy, balanced, varietal and on the elegant side with good grip and fine tannins, more fruit, less herbal. Serious País. 10,06 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.
2019 Garage Wine Co. • Pirque Vineyard


Rating: 92 Prices: View here Drink date: 2022 – 2029 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maipo Valley, Pirque Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: Cabernet Franc |
The Cabernet Franc 2019 Pirque Vineyard, marked with Lot #110, comes from a one-hectare vineyard planted in the 1980s in El Principal Pirque on alluvial soils at 600 meters in altitude. They transport the grapes to Maule to ferment it in open-top vats with indigenous yeasts and manual punching down, and they aged the wine, trying to control the power. It has 14% alcohol and good freshness, noted by a pH of 3.5. It comes through as quite ripe with some rustic earthiness and a more elegant palate. 4,740 bottles were filled from 16 barrels in February 2021.
2022 Garage Wine Co. • Almaule

Rating: 91 Prices: View here Drink date: 2023 – 2026 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez Issue Date: 6th April 2023 Source: April 2023 Week 1, The Wine Advocate Producer: Garage Wine Co. From: Chile, Central Valley, Maule Valley Color: Red Type Table Sweetness: Dry Variety: País |
The serious 2022 Almaule was done with a lighter hand on purpose for this bottling, but the wine is still a little darker and has more volume and body than the rest of the Almaule wines from other producers.
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Garage Wine Co. Cariñena Empedrado Truquilemu Vineyard Field Blend 2019


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2019 |
Beautiful blue fruit here with lots of wild herbs, white pepper, graphite and boysenberries. Flowers and garrigues. This is really soulful and incredibly silky and textured on the palate. Elegantly rendered with soft-spoken fruit quickly dominated by textured, velvety tannins. Impeccable juicy fruit and balance. Drink or hold.
Garage Wine Co.• Carignan Valle de Maule VIGNO 2020


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2020 |
A very juicy, expansive VIGNO here with a twist of white pepper and herbs with plenty of blue fruit. This is more of a full-bodied carignan with an expansive mid-palate and concentrated fruit. Very bright and succulent. Fresh and lengthy. Drink or hold.
Garage Wine Co.•Cabernet Sauvignon Valle de Maule Renacido Vineyard 2020


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2020 |
Really vivid and racy blue fruit to the nose. Punchy and floral with bright acidity that cuts through the tense, full-bodied palate, and creamy, melted tannins which are well integrated and expansive. Excellent fruit purity and raciness. Cabernet sauvignon grafted onto old-vine pais. Lot 114. Drink or hold.
Garage Wine Co.• Cabernet Franc Valle de Maule Las Higueras 2020


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2020 |
Bright and racy deep blue fruit with a floral note. Full-bodied on the palate but so fresh and effortless, too, with dense but closely-knit tannins and a solid profile of fruit. Drinkable now, but better in a few years.
Garage Wine Co.• Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell Empedrado Sauzal Vineyard 2019


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2019 |
A rich, full-bodied but fresh Mediterranean expression here with lots of wild dried herbs and garrigues to the black cherries. Juicy and bright on the palate with dense but really fine-grained and creamy tannins. Long and delicious. Lot 105. Drink or hold.
Garage Wine Co.• Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell Maule Calivoro Bagual Vineyard 2019


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2019 |
Rich black and red berries with some wild herbs and dark spices. Full-bodied, juicy and vibrant on the palate with deep but polished and refined tannins. Drink or hold.
Garage Wine Co.• Syrah Maule Cauquenes Pereira 2020


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2020 |
Tarry nose with lots of wild herbs and violets. Juicy, full-bodied and tense on the palate with dense, creamy tannins. Really fresh for a syrah from 2020 with vivid fruit in the finish. Long and expressive. Drink or hold.
Garage Wine Co.• Cabernet Franc Valle Maipo Pirque Vineyard 2019


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2019 |
A savory cabernet franc with some tobacco leaves to the racy currants and dried strawberries. A splash of allspice and orange peel, too. Tannins are firm and nicely present on the medium-bodied palate. Very clean and dry in terms of sweetness. Medium acidity here, which is not very common for Garage. Lot 110. Drink now.
Garage Wine Co.• Cariñena Monastrell Empedrado Old Vine Pale Rosé 2022


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2022 |
Bright coral pink color with a touch of reduction now. Some cherries, watermelon, grapefruit and strawberries. Vibrant, bone-dry and acid-driven on the palate with a bit of phenolic bite. A fuller rosé with brilliant tension, purity and structured tannins. One of the most serious rosés in Chile. Gastronomic! Drink now.
Garage Wine Co.• Garnacha Valle de Maule Bagual Vineyard 2019


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2019 |
Sweet strawberries and raspberries to the nose. Wild red berries and some fine herbs and flowers. Very juicy and fluent on the palate with plenty of strawberries. I love the wild dried herbs here. Silky, fruit-expressive and long. Lot 109. Delicious now, why hold?
Garage Wine Co.• Cabernet Sauvignon Valle de Maipo Reelegido Vineyard 2019


Country: Chile Region: Valle Central Vintage: 2019 |
Ripe and savory nose with pretty currants and hints of iron and graphite. Black olives and tobacco leaf, too. Full-bodied on the palate with plenty of fine-grained tannins and juicy fruit. Pretty compact, concentrated and long. Lot 111. Drink or hold.
Garage Wine Co.• Cinsault Secano Interior Single Ferment Series The Soothsayers Ferment 2021


Country: Chile Region: South Region Vintage: 2021 |
Very bright nose full of red berries, cherries and flowers. A twist of fresh herbs. Fruity but bone-dry with succulent cherries and soft, fine tannins. Lots of drinkability here. Enjoy now.
Garage Wine Co.• País Secano Interior Cauquenes Old-Vine Revival. Vino de Pueblo 2021


Country: Chile Region: South Region Vintage: 2021 |
A white pepper note to the wild, brambly fruit. Cherries, raspberries and some pomegranate. The bone-dry, light- to medium-bodied palate delivers firm but creamy tannins. A very well-made pais. Drink now.
Garage Wine Co.• País Cariñena Chile Single Ferment Series Phoenix Ferment 2022


Country: Chile Region: South Region Vintage: 2022 |
Fresh nectarines, grapefruit and pears to the nose. A hint of chalk. The palate is bone-dry and creamy with a steely note to the center palate and plenty of white-fruit fleshiness. Austere. A tad more weight than 2021. 85% pais and 15% carinena. Whole bunch pressing. Fruit from Secano Interior. Drink now.
Garage Wine Co.• País Cariñena Secano Interior Single Ferment Series Phoenix Ferment 2021


Country: Chile Region: South Region Vintage: 2021 |
A slightly floral note to the green apple and limey fruit. Chalky and saline on the palate with a crisp mouthfeel. Very dry, fresh and gastronomic. Drink now.
2021 Garage Wine Co.• País Secano Interior Almaule


Country: Chile Region: South Region Vintage: 2021 |
Some dark earth and soil to the nose with fresh herbs and dark raspberries. Crisp and medium-bodied with fresh and firm tannins. Drink now.
Garage Wine Co.• Semillón Valle de Maule Isidore Vineyard 2021


Country: Chile Region: South Region Vintage: 2021 |
A little more old-school than previous vintages with a hint of Parmesan cheese to the fruit. Some apricots, stones, honey and lees. Pretty tight and full-bodied on the palate with chewy tannins and an austere finish. Drink now.
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OLD VINE HERO AWARD 2023 – VOTING FORM
We’ve been truly inspired by the response to our first Old Vine Hero Award. Both quantity and quality has made reaching the shortlist very hard. Huge thanks goes to our esteemed panel of judges who have given their time and expertise on a voluntary basis to help us.
The judges have distilled 85 entries from 15 different countries down to a shortlist of 8 pioneering and tenacious nominees. From winemakers to viticulturists and researchers/ academics to wineries. The shortlist is an inspiring line up of individuals, groups and organisations considered to be making the greatest contribution towards the positive progression of the old vine movement.
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Falstaff: Truquilemu 2018, 98 tasting notes 2023
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Chile 2022 special report – by Tim Atkin MW
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Ganadores de Mesa de Cata – PODCAV
Excellent talk. Recommended 🎧👌🏻
Listen to us at PodCAV where journalists Alejandro Jiménez @ajsusarte, Ana María Barahona @anam_barahona and Ana María Cumsille @amcumsille talk about our results in the 2023 Tasting Table Guide.
Excelente charla. Recomendada 🎧👌🏻
Escúchanos en lo PodCAV donde los periodistas Alejandro Jiménez @ajsusarte, Ana María Barahona @anam_barahona y Ana María Cumsille @amcumsille conversan sobre nuestros resultados en la Guía Mesa de Cata 2023.
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Vinos rosados: no más el patito feo
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Alvaro ¨The Investigator¨
Terrific to see our partner Alvaro ¨The Investigator¨ given some well deserved ink. Alvaro is a study in under statement in the classic English tradition. A wine scientist he has published a great deal of ink / of papers over the years although perhaps he is better known in the
academic community for his teaching. Never one to toot his own horn— nor take the time to be interviewed come to think of it, he is today Chile´s representative for the OIV, various academic boards and scientific bodies to boot. Alvaro quietly spends a great deal of time with Pilar and I in the Garage. He is an essential part of our viticulture practices and a fundamental part of blending. Trained in Europe and very well wine travelled, with years consulting he remains acutely and technically curious. He has one of the best palates in Chile, and his humility forms an integral part of its application. We have learned a great deal from Chile´s investigador. @la.cav
Estupendo ver nuestro socio Alvaro ¨El Investigador¨ recibe un poco de tinta bien merecida en La Cav. Álvaro es piola en la clásica tradición inglesa. Un científico del vino que ha publicado una gran cantidad de tinta en los últimos años, aunque tal vez es más conocido en la comunidad académica por su docencia. Toma pocas oportunidades de ser entrevistado, hoy en día es el representante de Chile en la OIV y en varios consejos académicos y organismos científicos y también Premio Mérito Vitivinícola por sus colegas. En silencio, Álvaro pasa mucho tiempo con Pilar y conmigo en el garaje. Es una parte esencial de nuestras prácticas de viticultura y una pieza fundamental en el ensamblaje. Formado en Europa y muy viajado por el vino, con años de consultoría sigue siendo un perseguidor curioso. Tiene uno de los mejores paladares de Chile, y su humildad forma parte integral de su aplicación. Hemos aprendido mucho de El Investigador.
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Garage 97 super premium, otra apuesta ganadora
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Mesa de Cata La Cav 2022 – 2023
Very pleased with results of Mesa de Cata of La Cav this year. The wines did rather well tasted blind amongst their peers. If consistency is a virtue then the wines are virtuous indeed. [ The surgeon general recommends drinking various of our different bottlings / labels if you want to be more virtuous yourself 😊
Always good to see how wines do when tasted blind amongst their peers — all the more so a team of tasters come to agreement!
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Más resultados de Mesa de Cata de La Cav. Estupendo ver que los vinos lo hacen bien catados a ciegas entre sus pares. De nuevo, si la constancia es una virtud, los vinos parecen ser virtuosos— y así se recomienda beber varias etiquetas si se quiere ser más virtuoso 😊.
Lea @LaCav o, mejor aún, haga clic en el botón de suscripción a la revista. Salud!
@la.cav @anam_barahona @eduardocubano @marcelopinowine @ajsusarte






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