EP 707 Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting

Many Chilean Cabernets are still well priced… will these 3 examples bring some thunder?

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Unico Cabernet SauvignonChilean Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Concha Y Toro Cabernet Marquis De CasaChilean Cabernet Sauvignon
2007 Montes Alpha Cabernet SauvignonChilean Cabernet Sauvignon

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luca bercelli

89/100

lines of the day – ‘There’s a little bit of stinkiness going on, like a pig farted on a farm’. and ‘a lot of guys are wearing eyeliner now, Mott’s been rocking it’

Chilean Cab bit of a boring category for me but GV entertaining as usual.

Tags: cabernet, Chilean, red, review, wine, wines

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  • ben from boston

    I dont like makeup on men or women, I like beutiful skin which comes from good health, clean water and a little tlc. Speaking of natural beuaty, Im having real trouble finding true, interesting, vegetal, mineral, dry, old world wines in the boston area. Everywhere I go even the chinon and sancerre is sweet and fruity or just boring and thin, while the good burgundy and bordeuax is out of my CKC price range. Where should I be looking and are there other wines I should seek out for under 20 that have this rustic quality I just cant find? Please help.

  • ben from boston

    I dont like makeup on men or women, I like beutiful skin which comes from good health, clean water and a little tlc. Speaking of natural beuaty, Im having real trouble finding true, interesting, vegetal, mineral, dry, old world wines in the boston area. Everywhere I go even the chinon and sancerre is sweet and fruity or just boring and thin, while the good burgundy and bordeuax is out of my CKC price range. Where should I be looking and are there other wines I should seek out for under 20 that have this rustic quality I just cant find? Please help.

  • Soytaco

    QOTD: Guys wearing eyeliner? Maybe in Jersey.

    Sorry, just had to say it :p

  • Guest

    GV…same ugly wrinkled shirt two shows in a row. You have no shame!!!

  • Soytaco

    QOTD: Guys wearing eyeliner? Maybe in Jersey.

    Sorry, just had to say it :p

  • gotsha

    GV…same ugly wrinkled shirt two shows in a row. You have no shame!!!

  • QOTD: Bruises

  • Nice job… I like the kiss reference, made me laugh.

    QOTD: No guy-liner for me… how about make-up $ex after a fight with my girlfriend?

  • QOTD: Bruises

  • Nice job… I like the kiss reference, made me laugh.

    QOTD: No guy-liner for me… how about make-up $ex after a fight with my girlfriend?

  • CaseyLee

    slow down gary ! that was quick :/

  • CaseyLee

    slow down gary ! that was quick :/

  • Dr T in NC

    QOTD — except for Mardi Gras and Halloween, I only wore make up in high school plays

  • Dr T in NC

    QOTD — except for Mardi Gras and Halloween, I only wore make up in high school plays

  • Chippewamike

    GV– nice show! To the point, no BS, informative.

    QOTD: None! Au natural. . .

  • Chippewamike

    GV– nice show! To the point, no BS, informative.

    QOTD: None! Au natural. . .

  • ex-lurkdawg

    I don’t like makeup. I agree with you about overoaked wines. Even if there is great juice in there, and sometimes there is, it becomes so much like a cheaper oaky wine that I think it’s a waste of the potential. Perhaps Ken P doesn’t understand that. (would insert smiley but don’t know how … no offense, Ken)

  • ex-lurkdawg

    I don’t like makeup. I agree with you about overoaked wines. Even if there is great juice in there, and sometimes there is, it becomes so much like a cheaper oaky wine that I think it’s a waste of the potential. Perhaps Ken P doesn’t understand that. (would insert smiley but don’t know how … no offense, Ken)

  • manonthemoon

    Never been a fan of Chile, something about the terrior in the wines is almost always a turn off for me.

    QOTD:…..

  • manonthemoon

    Never been a fan of Chile, something about the terrior in the wines is almost always a turn off for me.

    QOTD:…..

  • wayno da wino

    YEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAW, CHILE VINO IN DA HIZZY!!!!!! OH BOY, OH BOY,
    OOOOOOOOH BOOOOOOOOOOOOY!!!!!!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

  • wayno da wino

    YEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAW, CHILE VINO IN DA HIZZY!!!!!! OH BOY, OH BOY,
    OOOOOOOOH BOOOOOOOOOOOOY!!!!!!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

  • QOTD: I wear a lot of cover up on my stomach to hide my abs, women would get so excited and bothered by the site of me with my shirt off they would sometimes vomit right there on the streat. Others would just cover their eyes and run so as not to give in to the temptation that is KAHUNA

  • QOTD: I wear a lot of cover up on my stomach to hide my abs, women would get so excited and bothered by the site of me with my shirt off they would sometimes vomit right there on the streat. Others would just cover their eyes and run so as not to give in to the temptation that is KAHUNA

  • AUSSIE SAMMY S

    Love the Chilean Cabs Gary, another super educational show. Well done

    qotd…None…but you are right, you do see way more males with the eyeliner nowadays, how times have changed!!

  • Matt T.

    QOTD : UUHH no sorry gary lol. and most of the time I like my girlfriend to not wear her makeup

  • guymandude

    That was different, Wine Library content, but delivered like one of your keynote speeches. Must be the audience.

  • AUSSIE SAMMY S

    Love the Chilean Cabs Gary, another super educational show. Well done

    qotd…None…but you are right, you do see way more males with the eyeliner nowadays, how times have changed!!

  • Matt T.

    QOTD : UUHH no sorry gary lol. and most of the time I like my girlfriend to not wear her makeup

  • guymandude

    That was different, Wine Library content, but delivered like one of your keynote speeches. Must be the audience.

  • JasonA

    NIce show Gary. I have had some good wines from Chiles neighbor Argentina, but maybe only one from Chile. I will have to look into pinots from chile next time I am pinot shopping. ๐Ÿ™‚

    QOTD: none I am a dude ๐Ÿ™‚ Even in my long hair heavy metal band playing days. I think our lead singer did. But all lead singers get LSD(lead singers disease)

    Jason

  • JasonA

    NIce show Gary. I have had some good wines from Chiles neighbor Argentina, but maybe only one from Chile. I will have to look into pinots from chile next time I am pinot shopping. ๐Ÿ™‚

    QOTD: none I am a dude ๐Ÿ™‚ Even in my long hair heavy metal band playing days. I think our lead singer did. But all lead singers get LSD(lead singers disease)

    Jason

  • QOTD: Don’t do eyeliner, but I did use a little nail polish years (and years) ago. Then it became the thing for guys to do and I had to stop. I don’t mind being odd, it’s when the odd is a conforming thing that I hate.

  • QOTD: Don’t do eyeliner, but I did use a little nail polish years (and years) ago. Then it became the thing for guys to do and I had to stop. I don’t mind being odd, it’s when the odd is a conforming thing that I hate.

  • wayno da wino

    qotd: Yo G, i’m kinda dull….. No make-up, no tatoos, no ear rings,
    no piercings…… Boooorrrrrrringgggggg…….. ๐Ÿ™‚

  • wayno da wino

    qotd: Yo G, i’m kinda dull….. No make-up, no tatoos, no ear rings,
    no piercings…… Boooorrrrrrringgggggg…….. ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Interesting episode.
    First let me tell you that I can’t believe you gave the Luis Miguel wine a good score… I am a bit biased, I bought one out of curiosity since Luis Miguel is a very over the top singer and his wine is exactly like him, a lot of hype and a lot of push but in the end there are better wines both in Chile and in Mexico (where he’s from), Istill say he owes me for that one.

    I like the Porta Pinot and Voignier wines, and Casa Silva Carmenรฉre better than the Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon but they make a killer Merlot.

    QOTD: I’ve only wore makeup once as an extra for a short film a friend of mine was making for his film school thesis project, I was geisha number 4, oh yes, white face and black lines, wig, the whole shebang.

  • Interesting episode.
    First let me tell you that I can’t believe you gave the Luis Miguel wine a good score… I am a bit biased, I bought one out of curiosity since Luis Miguel is a very over the top singer and his wine is exactly like him, a lot of hype and a lot of push but in the end there are better wines both in Chile and in Mexico (where he’s from), Istill say he owes me for that one.

    I like the Porta Pinot and Voignier wines, and Casa Silva Carmenรฉre better than the Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon but they make a killer Merlot.

    QOTD: I’ve only wore makeup once as an extra for a short film a friend of mine was making for his film school thesis project, I was geisha number 4, oh yes, white face and black lines, wig, the whole shebang.

  • Robin C

    Can blueberries be boring? I would hate to taste that wine.

    QOTD: mascara, blush, lipstick, or just lipstick if I run out of time. And I want to know why guys don’t need to wear anything to make them look nice. Are men really that good looking?

  • Robin C

    Can blueberries be boring? I would hate to taste that wine.

    QOTD: mascara, blush, lipstick, or just lipstick if I run out of time. And I want to know why guys don’t need to wear anything to make them look nice. Are men really that good looking?

  • Who wouldn’t want a little…

    “Blueberry Sunshine in their lives.”

  • Who wouldn’t want a little…

    “Blueberry Sunshine in their lives.”

  • M

    QOTD: Not much. Just a little smidge so that I don’t scare the customers.

    Last year I had the Montes Alpha Cab from Costco in DE. It had the oak monster. I predicted you would react to the oak monster today.

    In “my” wine shop in PA, when Cabernet Sauvignon regulars come in for their Kendall Jackson or J. Lohr, I will tell them which Chilean Cabs are on sale or Argentinean. Non-cab regulars I steer toward anything but Cab. I’m on a long break from Cab. Haven’t had one for many months.

  • Slushpuppy

    Makeup on men reminds me of the time when Santa was so glad to be done delivering presents that he went out wine tasting with a few of the helpers. Well, Santa got so ripped that he forgot that Mrs. Claus was waiting at home with cold dinner. So Santa took off his shoes and tiptoed in to find his furious wife getting right up in his face. Santa looked down to see the lip-stick on his collar, and right away started to apologise. Mrs. Claus replied: It’s not the lip-stick on your collar that bothers me; it’s the leg make-up on your ears!

  • M

    QOTD: Not much. Just a little smidge so that I don’t scare the customers.

    Last year I had the Montes Alpha Cab from Costco in DE. It had the oak monster. I predicted you would react to the oak monster today.

    In “my” wine shop in PA, when Cabernet Sauvignon regulars come in for their Kendall Jackson or J. Lohr, I will tell them which Chilean Cabs are on sale or Argentinean. Non-cab regulars I steer toward anything but Cab. I’m on a long break from Cab. Haven’t had one for many months.

  • Slushpuppy

    Makeup on men reminds me of the time when Santa was so glad to be done delivering presents that he went out wine tasting with a few of the helpers. Well, Santa got so ripped that he forgot that Mrs. Claus was waiting at home with cold dinner. So Santa took off his shoes and tiptoed in to find his furious wife getting right up in his face. Santa looked down to see the lip-stick on his collar, and right away started to apologise. Mrs. Claus replied: It’s not the lip-stick on your collar that bothers me; it’s the leg make-up on your ears!

  • Rick

    Gary, you should do a blind tasting with some top cabs from Chile (Almaviva, Don Melchor, Sena, Chadwick…).

  • Rick

    Gary, you should do a blind tasting with some top cabs from Chile (Almaviva, Don Melchor, Sena, Chadwick…).

  • NY Pete

    where’s SS Chris?

  • NY Pete

    where’s SS Chris?

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