Gregory Dal Piaz

Location: New York, NY

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8 Top Wines of Chile

So, I spend a week in Chile and this is all I can come up with? A list of eight wines. What a slacker!

Well, truth be told I’ve got several lists in the works, all with many more than 5 wines on them, but I wanted to get the ball rolling while the wines were still fresh in my mind. These are 5 wines that really stood out during my recent tastings in Chile. Some are great values, others simply awesome, but all are worth a look.

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7. Koyle Carmenere Royale (2009)

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Previously available for $26.¹⁹

This has tons of fruition the nose along with a really finely integrated roasted, dried chile note, oak spice adds complexity, plum, caper, this is one big wine but everything is in balance, fresh flavors, dense, dark chocolate and a bit mysterious, lovely integration and then the fruit comes out on the finish, tobacco and spice on the finish, really complexity in a rather velvety package 92pts

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