Since I’m primarily using this as a way to keep track of wine ‘I’d drink again’ and not to impress the wine loving public I’ll post this simple review on this wine we had for dinner.

We like it.  It’s a full-on Cabernet, which possessed the expected not-as-fruity-as-we’d-want characteristics, but after a few sips, or glasses it grew on us and ended up fruitier and fruitier.  Hopefully not so much as how an ugly girl becomes pretty after a few rounds!

Honestly, when I was sober (as I’m not now) I pounded this post into my brain (not too hard, I’m on vacation!) that I’d mention it’s not as fruity as we’d like, but more black fruit, darker fruit flavors.  The tannins are just right and the wine is ready to be enjoyed NOW!

I’m becoming more and more of a fan of the wines being produced from Chile, albeit the wines I end up drinking tend to be on the lower end of the spectrum of heartily priced wines, but here in Thailand what’s normally a $17 bottle of wine in the US, is a $60 bottle of wine here.

Mondavi once stated something to the effect of, in Chile, he can produce top quality wine (of course reinforcing that he pays top dollar for the pickers, equipment etc to keep his famous edge, but then went on to say that another key component to his pricing is perception.  He mentioned that if he sold the world class vintage for $20 like he could, nobody would buy it as they’d have already written it off as ‘too cheap to be worthy’.  So I guess in my little corner of the world I find myself and unlikely victim of this (or just crazy import taxes!?) mindset.  If I didn’t think it’d be worth it, I wouldn’t have bought it.  I was happy and both my wife and I have agreed to add this to our list of Chilean cabs that we’d drink again.

Don Maximiano Errdzuriz, you’ve been noted!