Chono Reserva Syrah- 2008
Jay Miller of Wine Advocate has listed the Chono Reserva Syrah in his "Chile's Greatest Wine Values" category!
Producer Notes:
Alvaro Espinoza had returned to Chile from a stint at Fetzer and Bonterra where he experienced his own eureka on biodynamic farming. Upon his return to Chile and under the spell of the teachings from Alan York and Jim Fetzer, Alvaro was burning with ideas to put into practice in his home vineyard.
Chono was started by Alvaro's father, an important enologist himself, and with Alvaro's recent feat of having succeeded him in receiving the Chilean Enology award for outstanding winemaking, the Espinoza family has gained legendary status among winemakers. In the central Maipo appellation Alvaro's father planted Carmenère and Cabernet Sauvignon, with Alvaro adding Syrah later on to the mix. These grapes constitute now the Chono Winery label. With some plots still in conversion, and a growing operation, only part of his production is certified as organic today.
Wine Notes:
If it was up to us, we would call this wine Eureka! Here we find everything we are looking for in a wine; texture, ripeness, precision, uniqueness, fruit, length, balance and great harmony. Excuse our enthusiasm, but this un-oaked wine will change the way that the world will look on South America’s viticulture. Way north of Santiago, under the clearest skies of the world, with barely any air moisture, photosynthesis does something that we have never seen before.
90 Points-"Medium purple; smoked meat and game, lavender, spice box; lots of flavor, no hard edges." - Jay Miller, Wine Advocate, December 2010
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