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2019 Garage Wine Co. Cariñena Empedrado Truquilemu Vineyard Field Blend

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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.
2020 Garage Wine Co.•VIGNO Carignan Valle de Maule

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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.
2020 Garage Wine Co.•Cabernet Sauvignon Valle de Maule Renacido Vineyard

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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.
2020 Garage Wine Co.• Franc Valle de Maule Las Higueras

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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.
2019 Garage Wine Co.• Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell aule Calivoro Bagual Vineyard

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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.
2020 Garage Wine Co.• Syrah Maule Cauquenes Pereira

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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.
2019 Garage Wine Co.• Cabernet Franc Valle Maipo Pirque Vineyard

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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.
2022 Garage Wine Co.• Cariñena Monastrell Empedrado Old Vine Pale Rosé

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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.
2019 Garage Wine Co.• Garnacha Valle de Maule Bagual Vineyard

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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?
2019 Garage Wine Co.• Cabernet Sauvignon Valle de Maipo Reelegido Vineyard

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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.
2021 Garage Wine Co.• Cinsault Secano Interior Single Ferment Series The Soothsayers Ferment

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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.
2021 Garage Wine Co.• País Secano Interior Cauquenes Old-Vine Revival. Vino de Pueblo 2021

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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.
2022 Garage Wine Co.• País Cariñena Chile Single Ferment Series Phoenix Ferment

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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.
2021 Garage Wine Co.• País Cariñena Secano Interior Single Ferment Series Phoenix Ferment

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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

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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.
2021 Garage Wine Co.• Semillón Valle de Maule Isidore Vineyard 2021

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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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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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Reportaje La Cav: viña del año





We do not like the category icon (is that one word or two?) but it is always nice to be considered with wines crafted with so much love and attention to detail.
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