Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes
Canopus Pintom Pinot Noir wine from Pampa El cepillo in Argentina

More about the wine Biodynamic, lo-fi and seriously cool climate, this Pinot Noir from winemaker Gabriel Dvoskin exudes the fresh...
Colome Lote Especial Sauvignon Blanc. Tasting note by Amanda Barnes

More about the wine Salta and finesse don’t always go hand in hand, but this Sauvignon Blanc embodies the finesse,...

More on the wine This hand harvested, double sorted, micro-vinified wine is the flagship of Monteviejo, under the hand of...
Finca Las Moras Gran Syrah wine tasting note by Amanda Barnes

More about the wine This is one of San Juan’s top Syrah wines. A blend made from grapes from different...

An old vine Carignan coming from vines in Maule that are over 60 years old and are completely dry harvested,...
Santa Rita Floresta Cabernet Franc wine tasting note by Amanda Barnes

More about the wine When you think of Cabernet Franc, coastal regions may not be what spring to mind, but...
Finca Las Moras Pedrito wine tasting note by Amanda Barnes

More about the wine There used to be a tradition of making sweet, sherry- like wines in San Juan, and...
Wine tasting note for Salentein Single Vineyard Los Jabalíes Pinot Noir 2016 from Argentina

More about the wine This more humid, cooler sub-region of the Uco Valley is good terrain for Pinot Noir and...
Kaiken Ultra Cabernet Sauvignon tasting note by Amanda Barnes for the South America Wine Guide

One of the best value Cabs in Mendoza: Filled with ripe red berry fruit & cassis notes as well as...
El Esteco Chañar Punco wine tasting note by Amanda Barnes

More about the wine This wild terrain was planted barely two decades ago but this Malbec-Cabernet Sauvignon blend has already...
Tasting notes for Lapostolle Cuvee Alexandre Cabernet Sauvignon, Chilean wine guide

Lapostolle Cuvée Alexandre Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Lapostolle's biodynamic vineyards in Apalta, Colchagua.
Argentina wine guide, wine tasting notes Decero Owl Dust Devil

The Owl & the Dust Devil is a rich red blend from Decero winery in Mendoza which comes with a...
Terrazas de los Andes Petit Manseng Single Vineyard wine tasting note by Amanda Barnes

More about the wine Plenty of sweet wines get made in Argentina but few are worth writing about. This, however,...
Matetic Syrah tasting note by Amanda Barnes for the South America Wine Guide

More about the wine This Syrah is one of my all-time favourites from Chile — a wild ferment, artisanal wine...
Matetic EQ Granite Pinot Noir from Casablanca in Chile

More about the wine From Matetic’s Casablanca vineyard with its iron-rich granite soils, this is ultimately a terroir-driven wine, expressing...