James Suckling
Ratings:
| Nombre | Añada | Cepa | Puntaje | Sello | Ficha |
| Empedrado Truquilemu | 2019 | Cariñena | 97 |  | |
| Empedrado Truquilemu Lot#107 | 2019 | Cariñena | 95 |  | |
| Vigno Valle del Maule | 2020 | Carignan | 95 | | |
| Valle del Maule Renacido Vineyard | 2020 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 95 | | |
| Garage Wine Co. Maule Cauquenes Pereira | 2020 | Syrah | 94 |  | |
| Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell Empedrado Sauzal Vineyard | 2019 | CGM | 94 |  | |
| Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell Maule Calivoro Bagual Vineyard | 2019 | CGM | 94 | | |
| Valle de Maule Las Higueras | 2020 | Cabernet Franc | 94 | | |
| Valle del Maule Bagual Vineyard | 2019 | Garnacha | 93 |  | |
| Valle del Maipo Pirque Vineyard | 2019 | Cabernet Franc | 93 | | |
| Empedrado Old Vine Pale Rosé | 2022 | Cariñena Monastrell | 93 | | |
| Valle del Maipo Reelegido Vineyard | 2019 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 92 |  | |
| País Secano Interior Almaule | 2021 | País | 92 | |
Wine Reviews
Cariñena Empedrado Truqilemu Vineyard Field Blend 2019
Score: 97 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Cariñena Empedrado Truquilemu Vineyard Field Blend Lot#107 2019
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Score: 95 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – Plenty of grilled herbs, thyme, agave and black cherries with a touch of violets and white pepper. Really tense and succulent on the full-bodied palate. Tannins are abundant but ethereal and polished. Long, very juicy and fruit-expressive. Lot 107. Drink or hold.
Carignan Valle del Maule Vigno 2020
Score: 95 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Cabernet Sauvignon Valle del Maule Renacido Vineyard 2020
Score: 95 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Syrah Maule Cauquenes Pereira 2020
Score: 94 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell Empedrado Sauzal Vineyard 2019
Score: 94 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Cariñena Garnacha Monastrell Maule Calivoro Bagual Vineyard 2019
Score: 94 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Cabernet Franc Valle de Maule Las Higueras 2020
Score: 94 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Garnacha Valle del Maule Bagual Vineyard 2019
Score: 93 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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?
Cabernet Franc Valle del Maipo Pirque Vineyard 2019
Score: 93 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Cariñena Monastrell Empedrado Old Vine Pale Rosé 2022
Score: 93 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
Cabernet Sauvignon Valle del Maipo Reelegido Vineyard 2019
Score: 92 Points
21 Feb, 2023 – 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.
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