Bill Hooper wrote:Can you blame her? Look at ALL of the bad Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer coming out of Chile these days! Of course I kid. I've had Chilean Riesling, but Gewurz has yet to grace my table. Anyone?
prost!
Bill
There is a guy importing some very good Chilean wines into NZ, amongst which is the Cono Sur range.
Cono Sur Gewurztraminer 2005 - Bio Bio Valley
Musky, varietal aroma, sweetish flavours with a lemon blossom, musk and honey backbone. 3 stars (bronze medal standard).
The 2004 was better (evidently) and the 2006 has just been released (though I've not tasted it). The 2006 vintage is being hyped as one of the best.
I've yet to taste a Chilean Pinot Gris - but I've had Viognier from Cono Sur and a very exciting dry Riesling, and they make very good Pinot Noir, as mentioned in another thread today or yesterday.