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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
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Site Matters 2023!
Reliving: SITE MATTERS 2023!
On November 27th, the diversity of Chilean producers through thematic seminars featuring 16 Chilean winemakers, who shared their insights regarding 16 site specific wines.
Renowned chef @victoriablamey joined us with unique preparations
, and sommeliers Jonathan Charnay and Marcelo Arriagada were in charge of an impeccable service.
Thanks to everyone for sharing a small piece of the mosaic that is Chilean Wine!








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Garage James Suckling Scores


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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Falstaff: Truquilemu 2018, 98 tasting notes 2023
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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.
#gwcogente#maule#maulechile#regiondelmaule#universidaddechile#gwcompanywines
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The Old Vine Conference
Derek Mossmann Knapp – Garage Wine Co.

Maule & Itata, Chile

Garage Wine Co. began quite literally in Pilar Miranda and Derek Mossman Knapp’s Garage. Today Garage Wine Co. makes wines from small parcels of individual vineyard sites, working in conjunction with local growers.
Focusing on dry irrigated old vines, they produce dry-farmed field-blends of Carignan, Garnacha, Monastrell, País, Cinsault and Cabernet Franc grown on pre-phylloxera rootstock with small farmers in the Maule and Itata.
The vineyards are on the old Coastal Range of mountains closer to the Pacific — Chile’s other mountains. These are older and cooled more slowly so they have granitic soils, many with intrusions and cracks for roots to get deep down into.
Utilising regenerative farming techniques, they cultivate these vineyards with the local community, who work with horse and plough as local families have done for generations.
“In these times it is important to stand for what you believe in, and more importantly to build the kind of business you believe in. At Garage Wine Co. we revive old vineyards in marginalised Chilean communities to make coveted wines.”
Derek Mossman Knapp
More at: https://www.oldvines.org
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Garage on tour
Guess where we are plying our wares this week?
Adivina donde estamos laborando esta semana ?
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