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- What do you think about Chilean wines?
Hi guys,
Surfing around I found this great wine site. As a latina, born in Chile, I would say I got carmenere running in my veins, hehe, but I do enjoy wines from all over the world. When I studied in California I remember tasting fabulous wines and living close to the Mediterranean does have advantages. Anyhow, I didn't find many comments about Chilean wine when surfing around here, but I might have missed information. It would be very interesting to hear your opinions about it.
Have a superfab Friday!
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02 - Reply by BronxYankee, Oct 16.
One of the better Chilean wines I've tasted is the Anakena Reserva Cab 2008. Although still quite young, it showed some serious body with hints of chocolate and cassis. I enjoyed it with a very good marinated flatiron steak right off the grill. Very good!
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1135 - Reply by dmcker, Oct 16.
Lots of good wines from Chile, and they don't get enough attention here at Snooth, I agree. I proposed a while back to GregDP that he do a closeup on some. Let's see if your thread will help things along further. ;-)
Where in the Mediterranean are you located now? Spain, or...
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048 - Reply by Charles Emilio, Oct 16.
Chilean wine is excellent. Miles ahead of their Neighbour argentina in my opinion even though Argentina seems to gaining more market share in a lot of places.
Chile such a great location to grow grapes.
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Agree with you, Charles, about the comparison to Argentina, though there are some good wines from that side of the Andes, too.
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- Reply by Gonzalita, Oct 17.
Many thanks for the recommendations and answers! And about the comparison with the Argentinian wine, I don't know, I'm not an expert, just think both countries do great wine with totallt different styles. And I love a full, Argentunian Malbec while listening to Argentinian old school tango.
I'm actually located in Sweden, but it's just a couple of hours away from fabulous European winemaking countries.
Have a great week end!
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Tango to Malbec. A title for a movie, or a book or a poem, perhaps.
How do you find it promoting Chilean wine in northern Europe?
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3027 - Reply by Philip, Oct 17.
Chilean wine is very popular in the UK. No idea about Sweden though - aren't all the stores government run? How easy is it to secure retail there?
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- Reply by Gonzalita, Oct 17.
dmcker,
Writing about Chilean wines in northern Europe is great! Chilean wines are very popular here, well known for great quality at wallet friendly prices. And there is a demand for more information about the wines, the vineyards, the people behind the wines, etc.
Philip,
Hehe, nope, all stores are not run by the government - although there have been a lot of monopolies, like with the pharmacies. But now it's changing. It has not changed with alcoholic beverages though, you can still only shop them at Systembolaget, which is run by the state. But it seems that with the EU that monopoly will have an end as well.
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11 - Reply by wlstiles3, Oct 17.
Root:1 Cabernet is one of my favorites. Hear good things about the Montes 07 Cab, but haven't gotten my hands on any yet. I really liked the Veramonte Reserva Merlot and the Concha y Toro Casillero Del Diablo Cabernet. Any suggestions?
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331 - Reply by Eric Guido, Oct 18.
I'd love to learn more about these wines. I've tasted a few but wouldn't know the difference between Chilean or Argentinian. Maybe a topic of study for my 2010 drinking.
PS: Welcome to snooth Gonzalita
