Santa Cruz Chile Wine Tour on a Budget

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Vina Santa Cruz specialties:

Chaman (verietal)

Gran Chaman ( Reserve )

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They started production in 2005, and are expected to be reach their peak in 2009.

Beyond the standard wines that they sell such as Merlot, we also managed to convince our guide that we loved Syrah. We were sworn to secrecy, as he brought out a bottle from the storage room for us to try. A 2005 Grand Reserva that is not sold inside Chile, accept for in Santa Cruz itself. Only 2,000 bottles were produced, and the current price is about $6,000 pesos (about $12 US) a bottle that is slated to be raised in the next couple of months as the 2006 harvest goes on the market. He confided in us that he had a case stashed away at home for himself. Silky and spicy, with balanced oak and legs.

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Our only complaint might be the temperature control of the wines. We were in a wine cellar after all, and the bottles tended to be about the same temperature as the rocks around us. Good for aging wine, not for drinking. The cellar we were told was engineered to approximate the environment of a cave. It is the basement of building built against an exposed rock face. Hundreds of barrels line the cellar.

Viu Manet
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Our next stop on the budget wine tour of Santa Cruz is the Viu Manet. They also offer a off the street walk up tasting in their gift shop. Even though some of their plants are over 100 years old, the vineyard has more of a modern feel to it. Still, there are all the traditions. They are far more receptive to passing wine enthusiast. Tastings are also about $5,000 pesos. They also have a restaurant, and offer wine tours without reservation. The wine tours include horse drawn carriage rides through the vineyard with Clydesdale horses. In fact, these are some of the only Clydesdale horses we have seen in Chile.

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