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Vintage	Producer	Product Name	Notes	Source	Score	Sell Sheet	Updated
2017	Domaine Alain Voge	Saint-Joseph Les Côtes	Brilliant violet color. Mineral-accented dark berry and cherry aromas are complemented by a smoky nuance that gains strength with air. Lively blackberry and bitter cherry flavors show very good depth. A peppery note adds spicy bite on the back half. Finishes bright and emphatically spicy, with gentle, even tannins lending shape to clinging blue fruit and floral notes.	Vinous	91-93		2020-03-20
2017	Cédric Parpette	Côte-Rôtie Montmain	Bright purple. Fresh blackberry and cherry aromas are complemented by hints of cracked pepper, exotic spices and woodsmoke. Supple and energetic on the palate, offering pliant dark fruit preserve, floral pastille flavors and a hint of spicecake. Shows good energy and suave, floral thrust on the sappy finish, which features rounded tannins and an echo of baking spices.	Vinous	91-92		2020-03-20
2016	Prinz Von Hessen	Johannisberger Klaus GG	Silver-green in colour, with a suite of perfectly defined, crystallised fruit aromas and ample spring-flower charm, too. Give it time in the glass: there's spellbinding Riesling intricacy here: minutes of happy sniffing. On the palate, the wine is pure, limpid, open, with high-optic flavours of orchard fruits, a touch of vinosity, perfectly judged rounded sweetness which finished all but dry, and some stony sobriety lurking below. 2018-2030. Best of the show 2018 - Best German wine 2018	Decanter	97		2020-03-20
2017	Vina Chocalan	Vitrum Red Blend	A superb premium blend from Fernando Espina that still sells at a very reasonable price, this is Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah based with some Carmenère, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Intense cigar box and incense aromas segue into a palate of bramble, blackberry and cassis framed by fine-grained tannins. 2022-30	Tim Atkin	95		2020-03-20
2018	Vina Chocalan	Origen Gran Reserva Syrah	Syrah can be a little underwhelming in Chile, but this cuvée with 15% made up of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Viognier benefits from its proximity to the Pacific. Savoury, meaty and intense, with tapenade, cracked pepper, violet and blackberry flavours and good underlying grip. 2022-26	Tim Atkin	93		2020-03-20
2018	Vina Chocalan	Origen Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon	I'm a huge fan of what Fernando Espina is doing at Chocolán, fashioning elegant, cooler climate reds with poise and class. This combines Cabernet Sauvignon with 10% Carmenère and 5% Petit Verdot and is focused, nuanced and refreshing, with mint and dill aromas, subtle wood and crunchy black cherry fruit. 2021-26	Tim Atkin	92		2020-03-20
2018	Vina Chocalan	Origen Gran Reserva Carmenere	Fernando Espina sources this assemblage of Carmenère with 10% Syrah and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon from the cooler Maipo Costa and it's a very restrained, well-balanced interpretation of the grape with subtle, spicy oak, leafy aromas and a long, balanced finish. 2020-26	Tim Atkin	92		2020-03-20
2018	Vina Chocalan	Origen Gran Reserva Chardonnay	The talented Fernando Espina makes this excellent value Chardonnay from Clones 4 and 5, with 40% fermentation in older wood and 25% malolactic. Sappy, subtle and textured, it's an appealingly refreshing, elegant style with subtle nutmeg spice and plenty of zip in its step. 2020-23	Tim Atkin	92		2020-03-20
2019	Vina Chocalan	Origen Gran Reserva Sauvignon Blanc	Located very close to the Pacific Ocean in the town of Malvilla, this clay and limestone vineyard is planted with Clones 242 and 1. The resulting wine spends 48 hours on its skins and is focused and intense, with flinty minerality, a hint of old wood complexity and a dry, saline finish. 2020-23	Tim Atkin	90		2020-03-20
2017	Lafond	Chardonnay Santa Rita Hills	Clean and pristine aromas of seared white peach, roasted apple, hazelnut and toasted oak show on the classic nose of this bottling. The nutty and citrus flavors are intertwined expertly on the palate, where Marcona almond and lemon-paste elements arise.	Wine Enthusiast	91		2020-03-17