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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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In its most recent edition, the specialized wine magazine Club Oenologique rated Don Melchor 2020 with 94 points, commending it as one of the best Bordeaux blends produced outside Bordeaux. Noted Bordeaux wine critic Jane Anson wrote the review, calling it a “true Bordeaux blend.” The outstanding results are due…
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The article by Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, journalists and collaborators of the celebrated Wine Enthusiast magazine, write that “today the best winemakers in Argentina and Chile are producing wines from a single vineyard and from small plots that rival the best in Napa or Bordeaux,” and include the 2020…
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The magazine’s annual ranking presents the wines that have both received the highest scores throughout the year and impressed the group in charge of tasting the selection. Of the 21,000 wines that were blind tasted, reviewed, and scored, Don Melchor claimed the 78th position with 94 points. This is the…
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Robinson, a journalist and Master of Wine, said of the wine, “Very subtle, very mineral nose with ripe fruit and tamarind notes. Excellent combo of ripeness and acidity with real restraint and a strong mineral element on the finish. You can almost sense Enrique Tirado hovering over the barrels to…
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In his annual summary of the 10 best wines for winter, Drinkhacker’s founder and editor-in-chief, Christopher Null, declared the 2019 Don Melchor to be the best. Referring to Don Melchor as “perhaps Chile’s best wine,” Null said he considered the 2019 vintage to be at the top. “The dense chocolate,…
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Along with the excellent score and being selected as one of the Best Wines of Alto Maipo, Tapia wrote that this in this vintage, “The fruit is black and generously ripe, the herbal notes are subjugated by this onslaught of sweetness, and the tannins are as creamy and elegant as…
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