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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Our present logo begins with 2008 vintage
Found in a photographer’s files. 2005-6? From an article published in the Wiken El Mercurio (without our consent) about the fledgling garage wineries in Chile. Somehow they got their hands on a bottle sold to friends and managed to make us the centre of the piece about a new phenomenon for Chile.
Our present logo begins with 2008 vintage.
Encontrado en los archivos de un fotógrafo. 2005-6? De un artículo publicado en el Wiken El Mercurio (sin nuestro consentimiento) sobre las incipientes bodegas garaje en Chile. De alguna manera se consiguieron una botella vendida a unos amigos y alcanzaron a convertirnos en el centro del artículo sobre un nuevo fenómeno para vino en Chile. Logo actual se hace por cosecha 2008.
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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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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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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!
Read La Cav or better still click their subscribe button for the Magazine!
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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Garage Wine Co’s Old-vine Revival coming to Ontario
Pioneering winemaker, Derek Mossman Knapp of Garage Wine Co, will be in Toronto soon to launch their Old-vine Revival project, an initiative to revive small parcels of old vines of the historic variety “País” during lockdown. Garage Wine Co is passionate about bringing this historical variety to a new generation of wine drinkers in Ontario.
The Revival project is not sustainable it is regenerative, and not just for the vines but for the community as well. The venture centres around working with small farmers to revive their old vineyard plots neglected due to poor grape prices and some having been burned in the bushfires of 2017. ̈The plots are simply: too small, too far from a paved road and their rows are too narrow to get a tractor between to be considered feasible by the mainstream ̈ Derek says.
̈We have realised the value of old vines is not in their photogenic candelabra profile above ground, but in their roots. These roots that have spent literally a century and more adapting to their place. Old roots drink deep and they are shock absorbers for vintage swings, drought and even fire. The roots have a tremendous life-force in them and new shoots come up that, with a little coaxing, come back to produce gorgeous fruit. ̈
When the pandemic hit, vignerons were travelling to jobs in shared vans and putting themselves at risk. Garage wanted to do something to help protect them so they created a project where they could work in safe social bubbles close to home. Many had neglected vineyards in their own backyards, which provided the safest work environment possible under the circumstances. Derek says: ̈When we saw all of this we reached out to Nicholas Pearce Wines and asked for some special ́En Primeur Support ́. None of this would have happened without their collaboration. ̈
The small parcels were planted with País in generations past. País arrived to Chile from the Canary Islands and it is documented as far back as 1548 when it served as the wine for Catholic Mass, as well as an important part of homesteading going on on the Southern frontier. Since then, perhaps twenty generations have farmed País in this allegedly New World wine neighborhood. Over the past twenty-five years many vineyards have fallen into neglect. By creating work the Old-vine Revival Project offers something for younger generations to stay on the farm for—instead of heading for the cities in search of a livelihood.
In his closing remarks at the UK launch recently Derek asked : ̈What if ́farming ́ –cultivating and sowing for the future– could be a metaphor for a business ethos that goes beyond the vineyard earthworks, and helps establish a new measuring stick – a new ́bottom line ́ that includes the local community and our planet? Business can be a force for good, and not just in the good times, but in the tricky ones too. ̈
The new 2021 Pais Old Vine Revival and other wines from Garage Wine Co are available through Nicholas Pearce Wines …

For trade enquiries please contact celia@npwines.com
About The Garage Wine Co:
Garage Wine began quite literally in the garage of Pilar and Derek Mossman Knapp. After half a dozen vintages making wine for an informal market of family and friends, it began exporting to UK and Denmark in 2006
Their wines include a series of dry-farmed field-blends of Cariñena, Garnacha, Monastrell, País, Cinsault and Cab Franc grown on pre-phylloxera rootstock with small farmers in the Maule and Itata. Each wine is from a one-to-two hectare parcel in more than a dozen locals: Bagual, Calivoro, Guarilihue, Puico, Sauzal, Truquilemu….
Garage revives old vineyards — diamonds in the rough, practicing regenerative farming, working elbow to elbow in the community. They have a keen focus on small parcels ( bottling these lots individually) and the inclusion of small farmer growers whose families have been the stewards of these old vines for centuries.

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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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Garage Wine Co. : 4 no son multitud
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