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Chilean wine Don Melchor vintage 2021 is chosen “WINE OF THE YEAR” by Wine Spectator

19 de November, 2024

Santiago, Chile, November 20, 2024 – The Chilean wine industry has achieved a significant milestone with Don Melchor 2021 being named #1 in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2024 list. This iconic Cabernet Sauvignon is produced by one of Viña Cocha y Toro’s subsidiaries, Viña Don Melchor. Wine Spectator,…

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D.O Puente Alto Experience, great Master Class in Brazil

D.O Puente Alto Experience, great Master Class in Brazil

25 de August, 2022

The Rosewood São Paulo Hotel, designed by the legendary architect Jean Nouvel and the visionary creator Philippe Starck, who has established a new standard of elegance, refinement, and sophistication in the city, was the setting for the presentation attended by the most important customers and specialized press in Brazil.  Viña…

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A vintage that reflects the Puente Alto’s unique character

A vintage that reflects the Puente Alto’s unique character

11 de July, 2022

The 2021–2022 season had very well-balanced temperatures. The harvest was concentrated in the month of April with parameters that were very close to normal for the Don Melchor Vineyard. As a result, the wines are very concentrated in expression and full of red fruit, but, as always in Puente Alto,…

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Vinous spotlighted Don Melchor among Chile’s best wines

Vinous spotlighted Don Melchor among Chile’s best wines

6 de July, 2022

Argentine critic Joaquín Hidalgo, who has prepared his report on Chilean wines for the third consecutive year for Vinous, one of the industry’s most respected media on the global level, had nothing but praise for the 2019 and 2020 vintages of Don Melchor in addition to the excellent scores delivered.…

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Don Melchor 2020: the Nobility of the Terroir

Don Melchor 2020: the Nobility of the Terroir

6 de July, 2022

The 2020 vintage of Don Melchor is 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 1% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot and spent 15 months in French oak barrels (71% new and 20% second use). The wine is the result of rigorous work by the agricultural and enological teams led by the…

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The 2014 and 2019 vintages of Don Melchor were selected by wine critic James Suckling to participate in the second version of Great Wines of the World in the United States

The 2014 and 2019 vintages of Don Melchor were selected by wine critic James Suckling to participate in the second version of Great Wines of the World in the United States

16 de June, 2022

More than 200 wines were presented over two days of tastings—all handpicked by Suckling from the best producers in the key wine regions around the world. Viña Don Melchor winemaker and technical director Enrique Tirado presented the 2014 and 2019 vintages of this Puente Alto icon, each of which were…

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Don Melchor at Nantucket Wine & Food Festival

Don Melchor at Nantucket Wine & Food Festival

31 de May, 2022

Tomás demonstrated the potential of the Puente Alto terroir for the production of superlative Cabernet Sauvignon through the 2014 and 2019 vintages of Don Melchor, thereby ratifying its position as an authentic expression of this magnificent terroir in the select group of the world’s great wines and showing Chile’s tremendous…

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