An excuse to have friends over for a random Wednesday wine tasting. Yes please! Last Wednesday 12 of us sat down and tasted 12 Chilean wines: three sauvignon blanc, 3 pinot noir, 3 carmenere, and 3 cabernet sauvignon.
That was a lot of tasting! There were some definite group favorites but here is the list.
- Vina Casablanca Nimbus Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2012. Suggested retail $12.99
2. San Pedro 1865 Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2011. Suggested retail $19.99
3. Casa Silva Cool Coast Sauvignon Blanc 2011. Suggested Retail $25
4. Emillana Novas Pinot Noir 2010. Suggested retail $19
5. Cono Sur 20 barrels Pinot Noir 2009. Suggested retail $32
6. Morande Gran Reserve Pinot Noir 2009. Suggested retail $17.99
7. Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Carmenere 2010. Suggested retail $22
8. Carmen Reserve Carmenere 2010. Suggested retail $14.99. 95% Carmenere and 5% Carignan
9. Koyle Royale Carmenere 2009. Suggested retail $25.99. 85% Carmenere, 8% Petit Verdot, 7% Malbec.
10. Ventisquero Grey Cabernet Sauvignon 2009. Suggested retail $29. 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot.
11. Maquis Cabernet Sauvignon 2010. Suggested retail $19
12. Los Vascos Le Dix Cabernet Sauvignon 2009. Suggested retail $64.99 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Carmenere and 5% Syrah.
Group Favorites: #1, #6, #7, and #10
Group Least Favorite: #9
We had quite the spread of food and really had a fantastic time tasting all of these wines, turning into the webinar and discussing what we tasted in each of these very unique wines.
I was a bad blogger and didn’t take enough pictures. I was having too much fun drinking wine, visiting with friends and trying to come up with the most creative thing we tasted in the wines.
I truly love Chilean wines! Chile is on the short list of places to visit just to drink wine… well maybe the very long list of places. These webinars are so much fun and I truly hope they have more.
