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Robert Parker: latest critics
Some very kind words from Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate in the recent article by Matthew Luczy— the new man on the beat for South America.
Beyond the contentment for Pilar, Alvaro, Ernesto, Ignacio and I and the whole team on the farms and in the bodegas, without doubt, this is a broader recognition for the old vines of the Maule and Itata and for the farmers who have been the stewards of these vineyards and this viticulture for generations. Raise a glass with us to wine made small on purpose, with focus. More hand, more land, less brand.
Beyond our having achieved something— make no mistake Matthew, we are thrilled! let this be a call for many more to do more to revive and make thrive important pieces of the mosaic that is wine, and to do business, thinking long term: business as a force for good.
Better agriculture makes for better health as well as better cheer.
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- Published in Critics, Press / Prensa
Premiación guía Descorchados 2025 – Garagewine Co.
Consistency is important to us, consistency across different critics and from vintage to vintage— consistently better is the best consistency of all.
Thus we are, in a word: thrilled with our wines ‘performance’ in Descorchados 2025. Terrific to see old-vine Maipo CS taking a proper place next to our Maule old vine wines. And terrific that Patricio insist we release our old-vine Malbec even if we do not yet have a name for her!
Cheers to the entire team farm, winery and warehouse and kudos for all of their efforts to make ours a business with purpose, slowly but surely making a difference beyond just the bottom line.
La consistencia es importante para nosotros, la consistencia a través de diferentes críticos y de añada en añada – consistentemente mejor es la mejor consistencia de todas.
Así que estamos, en una palabra: chochos con el rendimiento de nuestros vinos en Descorchados 2025. Es estupendo ver que el Maipo de cepas viejas ocupa un lugar apropiado junto a nuestros vinos de cepas viejas del Maule. Y fantástico que Patricio insista en que lancemos nuestro Malbec de viñas viejas, ¡aunque todavía no tengamos un nombre para él! [Por Nombrar Malbec 2o22]
Kudos a todo el equipo de campo, bodega y deposito y felicitaciones por todos sus esfuerzos para hacer de la nuestra una empresa con propósito, poco a poco haciendo una diferencia más allá del bottom line.
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James Suckling’s top chilean wines 2024
James Suckling´s team tasted thousands of Chilean wines last year. Sekun and James visited several producers, traipsing through dozens of vineyards and talking to many more winemakers. They chose to review 1,546 of them. And now they have chosen 100 to spotlight. The Top 100 Wines of Chile is a curated list that aims to provide a panoramic view of the country’s outstanding and exciting bottles, as well as those that are daring and awe-inspiring. Garage is thrilled to be a part of their 100: #41 Pereira Vineyard Syrah – 2o21 and at # 89 Isidore Vineyard Semillon.
El equipo de James Suckling cató miles de vinos chilenos el año pasado. Sekun y James visitaron varios productores, recorriendo decenas de viñedos y conversando con muchos más enólogos. Eligieron publicar 1.546 etiquetas. Ahora han seleccionado 100 para destacar. Los Top 100 Vinos de es una lista seleccionada que busca proporcionar una visión panorámica de las botellas sobresalientes y emocionantes del país, así como aquellas que son audaces e impresionantes. Garage está encantado de ser parte de sus 100: #41 Pereira Vineyard Syrah – 2021 y en el #89 Isidore Vineyard Semillon.
- Published in Critics, Press / Prensa
Premiación La Cav 2024
Thrilled to recognised by la Cav´s Mesa de Cata again this year.
The authorities did not make it easy to produce San Francisco comercially, but we insisted, and insisted, and did it anyway. It is wonderful to have it recognised like this in its ´first´ commercial release.
And many other wines showed well too!
Encantados de ser reconocidos nuevamente este año por la Mesa de Cata de La CAV. Las autoridades no lo pusieron fácil para producir San Francisco comercialmente, pero insistimos, e insistimos, y lo hicimos de todos modos. Es maravilloso tener este reconocimiento en su ‘primer’ lanzamiento comercial. ¡Y muchos otros vinos también se mostraron bien!
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El Mostrador: ¿Cuáles son los mejores vinos chilenos según la guía Alistair Cooper MV by Catd’Or?
¿Quién es la mejor enóloga?
Fuente: Revista Jengibre de El Mostrador
En el contexto del Día Nacional del Vino, Catad’Or realizó el lanzamiento y la ceremonia de premiación de la edición 2024 del Alistair Cooper MW by Catad’Or Wine Guide, guía que se ha consolidado como una referencia esencial para los amantes y expertos en vinos.
La Alistair Cooper MW by Catad’Or Wine Guide es una cuidadosa evaluación de los mejores vinos de Chile, realizada por Master of Wine (MW) británico Alistair Cooper. En esta tercera edición, la guía destaca por su enfoque en la calidad, diversidad y autenticidad de los vinos chilenos, reafirmando la posición del país como un líder en la producción vinícola.
El lanzamiento y premiación de esta guía reunió a las más prestigiosas viñas y bodegas de Chile, así como a profesionales de la industria, sommeliers y aficionados en una gran celebración en torno al vino.
Durante la ceremonia, se reconocieron los vinos más destacados entre las más de 850 muestras de vino evaluadas.
Los vinos premiados en las distintas categorías fueron:
Mejor vino tinto
- Cru Truquilemu. 2019. Garage Wine Co. Valle del Maule.
Mejor ensamblaje tinto
- Los Inquietos 01. 2021. Miguel Torres. Valle del Maule.
- Memorias. 2021. Viña El Principal. Valle del Maipo
- AP. 2021. Viña Andes Plateau. Valle del Maipo.
- Tierras de Pumanque. 2020. Viña Dagaz. Valle de Colchagua
- Altair. 2021. Viña San Pedro. Valle del Cachapoal.
Mejor vino blanco
- Tara Chardonnay. 2021. Ventisquero Wine Estates. Valle del Huasco.
- Amelia Chardonnay. 2022. Viña Concha y Toro. Valle del Limarí.
- Floresta Field Blend Blanco. 2022. Viña Santa Rita. Valle de Apalta.
- Pellines (Moscatel, Semillón, Torontel). 2018. Ana María Cumsille. Valle del Itata.
Mejor vino rosado
- Old Vine Pale Rosé – Lot 123. 2022. Garage Wine Co. Valle del Maule
Mejor vino naranjo
- Isidore Vineyard – F5 – Parcel Selection. 2022. Garage Wine Co. Valle del Maule
- Naranjo Maturana Wines . 2023. Maturana Wines. Valle del Loncomilla
Mejor espumante
- Espumante Espaldares Champenoise Chardonnay. 2015. Viña Espaldares. Valle del Maipo.
- Grand Levita Rosé Nature Vintage. 2019. Mujer Andina Wines. Valle de Cautín.
Mejor vino fortificado
- Fort. 2016. Calyptra Vineyards & Winery. Valle del Cachapoal
Vino innovación
- Feder Chardonnay. 2021. Viña Kofkeche. Valle del Malleco.
- Trancoyan. 2022. Viña Los Quiscos. Valle del Itata.
- Espumante Espaldares Champenoise Carmenere. 2016. Viña Espaldares del Maipo. Valle del Maipo.
Mejor vino precio calidad
- Korta Selección Especial Grosse Merille. 2022. Korta Wines. Sagrada Familia
- Crazy Rows Cinsault. 2023. Bisquertt. Valle del Itata
Línea destacada
- Handcrafted. Viña Montgras
Revisa la guía completa AQUÍ
Mejor enóloga
Pilar Miranda, enóloga de la Universidad de Chile y emprendedora de corazón, es una de las co-propietarias de Garage Wine Co. junto a su esposo Derek Mossman y sus socios Alvaro Peña y Ernesto Müller. Este proyecto vinícola, que vio la luz en 2001, se ha convertido en un gran referente en la producción de vinos a escala humana y de la asociatividad. Garage Wine forma parte de MOVI (Movimiento de Viñateros Independientes en Chile), así como de otras destacadas asociaciones como VIGNO y Almaule.
Con los ojos, el cariño y el trabajo puestos en viejos viñedos y pequeños viñateros, Pilar y Garage Wine Co. han sacado a relucir un nuevo rostro en los vinos de Chile, un rostro que sonríe abrazando el campo y los métodos tradicionales de vinificación, auténticos y sostenibles.
Sus pilares en cuanto a la producción de vinos son: revivir viñedos viejo, practicar una agricultura regenerativa y trabajando codo a codo en la comunidad en especial con los pequeños agricultores.
En la guía también podrás encontrar los vinos premiados en las categorías Mejores por Región Vitivinícola y Mejores por Cepa.
Revisa la guía completa AQUÍ
- Published in Critics, Press / Prensa
Cru Truquilemu 2019: mejor vino tinto, mejor cariñena y mejor Maule, según la guía Alistair Cooper
Garage Wine Co
Cru Truquilemu
Carignan | 2019 | Valle del Maule
13% Vol | 2.1 g/L |
CHILE
Una nariz tempestuosa con casis y notas volcánicas. El paladar tiene frutas azules, junto a violetas, tomillo y romero. La acidez está increíblemente equilibrada: un núcleo intenso de frutas azules con grafito y cuero, humo y especias. Un vino largo, balsámico y de una persistencia increíble. Los taninos son excepcionales y púrpuras con una sensación de frescura opulenta. La potencia es asombrosa, sin esfuerzo.
COMPOSICIÓN: Old Vine Cariñena Field Blend – D.O. Empedrado Maule
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Pilar Miranda, co-propietaria de Garage Wine Co. es reconocida como mejor enóloga en la guía de Alistair Cooper.
Foto: © @aurisfotografía
Fuente: ChezCarlita
Pilar Miranda, enóloga de la Universidad de Chile y emprendedora de corazón, es una de las co-propietarias de Garage Wines junto a su esposo Derek Mossman y sus socios Alvaro Peña y Ernesto Müller. Este proyecto vinícola, que vio la luz en 2001, se ha convertido en un gran referente en la producción de vinos a escala humana y de la asociatividad. Garage Wine Co. forma parte de MOVI (Movimiento de Viñateros Independientes en Chile), así como de otras destacadas asociaciones como VIGNO y Almaule.
Con los ojos, el cariño y el trabajo puestos en los vinos de viejos viñedos y pequeños viñateros, Pilar y Garage Wines han sacado a relucir un nuevo rostro en los vinos de Chile, un rostro que sonríe abrazando el campo y los métodos tradicionales de vinificación, auténticos y sostenibles.
Los pilares de Pilar y de Garage Wine Co. en cuanto a la producción de vinos son: Revivir viñedos viejo, practicar una agricultura regenerativa y trabajando codo a codo en la comunidad en especial con los pequeños agricultores.
Aquí puedes ver el artículo completo: https://acmwbycatador.com/mejor-enologo
- Published in Critics, Press / Prensa
´Chapeau´ Joaquin Hidalgo de VINOUS
As we begin to prune on the waning moon (luna menguate) for the 2025 vintage, we received news from VINOUS. So we stop, and tip our hat to say ¨chapeau¨ to Joaquin Hidalgo the first critic to write a Chile report focused on the wines of the Coastal Range of Mountains.
¨ The taut, marine-influenced palates make these coastal range wines so interesting. Their flavor profile is quite different, thanks to the ferrous granite, displaying pomegranate and elderflower … …Excellent wines from this region include the 2021 La Causa del Itata País and 2022 De Martino País Serie las Olvidadas among the reds, and the 2022 Garage Wine Co. Semillon Isidore Vineyard Parcel Selection F5 among the whites.
¨Toto, we are not in Maipo anymore.¨ — Dorothy WSET 3
Yes indeed, South America has two ranges of mountains, the coastal range, the original mountains to rise from the oceans floor, much much older, and known for decomposed granite and schist and . . . . . . well, the soils of fine wine in the old world.
¨ The remainder of Chile is moving steadily in more or less the same direction. The concentrated, indulgent character of the Central Valley contrasts with the dry-farmed regions in Maule.
The Cabernet Sauvignons from South of Cauquenes are especially attractive, not just for their concentration, which is what one would expect, but also for their pleasantly tense and juicy character. Examples include Baettig’s 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Los Padrinos and the 2021 Renacido Vineyard Parcel Selection 2021 from Garage Wine Co. ¨
On behalf of the team, we are thrilled that for the third year in a row our Cru Truquilemu stands tall— almost tallest. And we are thrilled our Garage VIGNO also from Truquilemu stands just next Cru with 97 [from Vinous] for the first time.
It was hard to hold the2021 wines back until they are ready. Importers complained. Tasting the wines today; it was worth it. We shall have news soon about upcoming releases.
2021 Carignan Vigno – 97 pts
2021 Cariñena Cru Truquilemu Vineyard – 97 pts
2021 Renacido Vineyard Parcel Selection Cab Sauv – 96 pts
2021 Truquilemu Vineyard Parcel Selection Cariñena – 95 pts
2021 Syrah Pereira Vineyard – Lot 118 – 95 pts
2021 Sauzal Vineyard – Garnacha Cariñena Monastrell – 95 pts
2021 Cabernet Franc Las Higueras Vineyard – 94 pts
2021 Cariñena-Garnacha-Monastrell Bagual Vineyard – 94 pts
2022 Semillón Isidore Vineyard Parcel selection F5 – 93 pts
2021 Garnacha Bagual Vineyard – Lot 129 – 93 pts
2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Reelegido Vineyard – Lot 121 – 93 pts
2021 Cabernet Franc Pirque Vineyard – Lot 110 – 93 pts
2021 Cinsault Soothsayer Ferment Single Ferment Series – 93 pts
2022 País Revival – 93 pts
- Published in Critics, Press / Prensa
Los 15 años de MoVi
The Movimiento de Viñateros Independientes (MoVi) came to shake up the Chilean wine scene, until then dominated by medium to large wineries. Today, with 35 members, it continues to bring fresh air to Chilean wine.
In the late 2000s, the Chilean wine scene was very different from what it is today. Supermarket shelves were generous with labels, but it was dominated by medium and large wineries, and the idea that you couldn’t make a living from wine if you didn’t produce, half a million bottles, was what prevailed. But little by little things were changing. In those years, there were murmurs of small winemakers in the south of Chile, in Maule and Itata, and Biobío, artisans who were proposing a different world, land not brand — instead of the demands of the international market. This group, today well consolidated, was – and still is – the antithesis of what is known as the wine ‘industry’.
But something was missing, a group to fill a gap and make change happen. And that role was played by Movi, the movement of independent vintners. By 2009, many of the Chilean wine industry’s decisions depended on one or a few associations that mainly included large conglomerates in their ranks. In those years, and under that scheme, the possibilities of visualisation for small producers or ventures were limited. As this was the reality, and in a scenario of high production volumes and economies of scale, the costs of inputs to produce in small industry were high and often did not reach the minimum purchase requirements. It was in response to this problem that Movi was born’, says Sergio Avendaño, from Viña Trabún, and current president of Movi.
But beyond this objective, what caught the attention of Movi was the way they showed themselves to the public, in an informal / hippie way for the extra conservative standards of wine in Chile in those years. And there you could see them, twelve producers who were the ones who formed the association in 2009, present at fairs, with the music up, all with their allusive t-shirts, a tribe of people who showed a much more relaxed side of wine. Today there are 35 members of Movi. In the beginning, the selection criteria was a search for projects that fit our philosophy and we invited them to participate. Over time, the formula has changed and today each project that enters the organization does so through an active member who presents it to the board’, says Avendaño.
And they all comply with the idea of being small producers who, united, manage to make themselves known in an industry where marketing, airline tickets, hotels and restaurant meals take up a good part of the budget for dissemination. Chile has by far the largest average winery size in the world and the niche wine scene didn’t really exist. Movi moved the bar, it was the first group that showed that in Chile you could make wines on a human scale and it was the spearhead for everything that happened afterwards. In the mid-1990s, it was easy to know 100% of all the wines made in Chile. Today that is very difficult. The number of labels and names is infinite. That atomisation was thanks to Movi. But they were soon not alone. Chile was ready for this step.
After fifteen years, this partnership continues to offer fresh air on the national scene, the Movi Nights parties are among the most attended events in Chilean wine (and among the most entertaining) and the wines, at the beginning perhaps too focused on making a living for the owners, today seem more confident, more relaxed and more diverse. There is a diversity of proposals within Movi and that diversity is good for Chilean wine.
- Published in Editorial, Press / Prensa
Alistair Cooper MW by Catad’Or
Lista de vinos catados evaluación 2024
| Nombre | Añada | Cepa | Puntaje | Sello | Certificado |
| Cru Truquilemu | 2019 | Carignan | 97 |  |  |
| Las Higueras Vineyard Lot 112 | 2019 | Cabernet Franc | 96 |  | |
| Renacido Vineyard – Parcel Selection | 2020 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 95 |  | |
| Sauzal Vineyard – Lot 105 | 2019 | Ensamblaje tinto | 95 | | |
| Truquilemu Vineyard Lot 107 – Parcel Selection | 2019 | Carignan | 95 | | |
| Revival | 2022 | País | 94 |  | |
| Soothsayers Single Ferment Series | 2021 | Cinsault | 94 | | |
| Passagiero Escondido | 2021 | Otras cepas tintas | 94 | | |
| Bagual Vineyard – Lot 129 | 2021 | Grenache/Garnacha | 94 | | |
| Pirque Vineyard – Lot 110 | 2019 | Cabernet Franc | 94 | | |
| Reelegido Vineyard – Lot 111 | 2019 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 94 | | |
| Pereira Vineyard Lot 118 | 2020 | Syrah | 94 | | |
| Isidora Vineyard – F5 – Parcel Selection | 2022 | Semillón | 94 | | |
| Phoenix Ferment – Single Ferment Series | 2023 | País | 93 |  | |
| Old Vine Field Blend – Single Ferment Series | N/V | Ensamblaje tinto | 93 | | |
| 215 BC Ferment – Single Ferment Series | 2022 | País | 93 | | |
| Old Vine Pale Rosé Lot 123 | 2022 | Carignan | 93 | | |
- Published in Critics