MW Chile trip in pictures

Day 7: Don Maximiano Estate. The final day saw the MWs hosted by Errázuriz, where they were taken on a tour of the Don Maximiano Estate by the group’s owner, Eduardo Chadwick.

After the tour, Chadwick gave a presentation on ‘the evolution of fine wines’, and then presented his collection of top-end brands in a magnificent tasting comprising young and old vintages of Chilean greats such as Don Maximiano 1989, Sena 1996, Chadwick 2000. After the sampling was over, one MW pointed out that the value of the brands poured represented almost $2,000.

Felipe muller from Vina Tabali and Errázuriz head winemaker Francisco Baettig also presented a set of impressive wines during a seminar on Aconcagua and the Northern Valleys, while Eduardo showed the MWs a framed photograph from the first official MW trip to Chile, back in 1989. 

Which can be compared with the one this year, which was in fact the third in MW history, with one further taking place in 2009, led by the late Michael Cox, who was former director of Wines of Chile UK.

The final dinner of the tour saw us descend on the Torres restaurant in the heart of Santiago, where Torres treated us to Chile’s priciest Pinot, from magnums. This, the 2013 vintage, marked the first release from the Torres Empedrado vineyard.

The evening was then made complete, once again, by some karaoke. This time it was a group effort by (left to right): Tim Jackson MW, Paul Tudor MW, Lydia Harrison MW, and Jonas Tofterup MW.