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Inspecting Mountain Cabernet

derek@garagewineco.cl — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:47:55 +0000

Early inspections of fruit now well past budding high in the Maipo. The true maturing season has clearly started late this year. This is not an indication of 2010 quality nor complexity, but rather just a delay in the growing season’s beginning. Temperatures have subsequently been cooler than most years but hot peaks have struck late in December– and the streetcorner Santas have literally baked in their Christmas cheer. The 2009’s from this vineyard (at almost 1000 metres) are tasting well and this year’s vineyard prep has been ideal.

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Cata de los Andes / Andean Duel of the Tannins

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:31:49 +0000

Every year in a tasting that is called the Cata de Los Andes 12 top Chilean wines face off against 12 top notch Argentines. It is a professional blind tasting of thirty winemaker judges from each side– a duel of Andean tannins as it were. This year the wine makers of G.W.Co were invited and caused a bit of a stir…

Mendoza Argentina – historic capital of Argentine wine.

It is an arduous drive from Santiago for a long weekend, (but to have flown would have been carbon footprint press disaster) and with Mendoza beef on the Bar-B-Q it made it all that much easier. Thus we set out in cahoots with brethren from Nativa & Lurton Chile.

The tasting was fascinating with multiple varieties and and super software that tabulated in real time and published instantly the names of the highest and lowest scores so as to create polemic and comaraderie whilst the next wine was served up.

The biggest surprises: a Chilean Carignan, three Carmeneres with honours (90+) an Argentine Malbec blend with a top score and an Argentine S Blanc curve.

…and a special thanks goes out to whoever started the rumur that one of our wines was in the final 12!

Garage Wine would like to thank Mariana Martinez for the invite and a special thanks goes out to whoever started the rumor that one of our wines was in the final 12 selected because whilst it was not true it certainly made our weekend.

Más Cabernet / More Cab from Maipo Valley (dry-farmed)

admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:29:52 +0000

Ya recibimos otra fruta de Cabernet con tremenda potencial. Los granos son chicos y muy concentrado con taninos ricos. We have received a second high-calibre Cabernet from the Maipo Valley strictly dry-farmed. The berry size is very small, the fruit concentrated as all-get-out. We now have mountain fruit, dry farmed fruit, and very-old-vine fruit in cold maceration and we are very pleased so far.

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Maceración en frio / Cold maceration

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:15:37 +0000

La fruta ha llegado con taninos tremendos. No hay apuro en comenzar la fermentación. The fruit has arrived and exceeded expectations. We are in no hurry to begin fermenting, and thus the fruit will be macerating for various days… [Gallery not found]