Eduardo Brethauer is a journalist, writer and traveler. Author of the hilarious wine guide Vinos con Cuento. Owner and Wine Editor of Vitis Magazine. Member of the Circle of Wine Writers, La Commenda Major de Rosselló and Círculo de Cronistas Gastronómicos y de Vino de Chile. Founder of Vignadores de Carignan, a unique association of producers that reinvented a viticultural tradition of 5 centuries in Maule Valley. He doesn’t believe in scores. “They’re fuckin’ stupid”, claims. He and his brilliant collaborators are always seeking for character and identity. Their goal is to rescue and put in value wines, spirits and food treasures from forgotten corners of the world.
Maquis Carmenère 2016
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 08:45
In the Maquis Estate in Colchagua, just next to its cellar, the pretty girl from the Chilean fields seduces with her flowers and herbs perfumes. The emblematic strain is fascinated by those deep riverbed soils. That is why she is…
Arboleda Brisa 2016
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 08:43
From a beautiful vineyard at Aconcagua Costa, surrounded by native forest, emerges, as an icon of paganism, a peculiar blend of Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec, which translates the sea breeze into notes of raspberry, cherry, cranberry, wet stone,…
Matetic EQ Pinot Noir 2015
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 08:38
The novel Valle Hermoso vineyard, which almost borders the San Antonio denomination, must be one of the most beautiful places in Casablanca. In those granite and clay floors, crossed by white streaks of calcareous material, this Pinot Noir feels appreciated…
Aquitania Lazuli Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 08:36
In a smooth terrace of Peñalolén, surrounded by malls and housing complexes, but with the always imposing Andes mountain range behind, Cabernet Sauvignon grapes protect their privacy and enclose a world of aromas. Graphite, cherries, fig, chocolate and mint. Elegant…
Maturana Wines Negra 2018
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 08:34
Introduced by the Spaniards in the 16th century, it was listed as a "merit" strain, as it could feed the body and spirit, both as fresh and fermented grapes. Known as San Francisco, and denied by Chilean surrealist legislation, today…
Apaltagua Envero Gran Reserva Carmenère 2017
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 08:32
These old vineyards of Apalta (Colchagua) have something. What do I know? Something special. Perhaps its years of history provide such beauty and temperance. This Carmenère is pure elegance and juiciness. With notes of black cherry, raspberry and grilled paprika,…
Montes Outer Limits Zapallar Coast Pinot Noir 2016
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 08:29
In these sensual hills that face the Pacific, in the novel Zapallar denomination, the Sauvignon Blanc had already shown its winning hand, but Pinot Noir still expected better cards. Until now. In this vintage, it teaches the best of its…
Viñedos de Alcohuaz Cuesta Chica Garnacha 2017
Tuesday, 21 May 2019 08:25
At more than 2,000 meters high, in a landscape where the stars meet the earth, this juicy mole of raspberries, cherries and cassis liquor bursts in. This Garnacha has an irreducible character. Mystical, firm and charming. The slope where it…
Emiliana Salvaje 2017
Monday, 20 May 2019 10:32
Emiliana goes beyond her organic and biodynamic philosophy to produce a 100% natural wine (without sulfites or preservatives of any kind): an original Mediterranean blend of Casablanca, composed of Syrah and Roussanne. With notes of prosciutto, paprika and black fruits,…
Andes Plateau Cota 500 Chardonnay 2018
Monday, 20 May 2019 10:26
Winemaker Felipe Uribe needed a white one in his portfolio, but without betraying his love for heights. Although we do not get dizzy at level 500, this Chardonnay from Maule has a marked mountain character. Made without passing through barrels,…
Cono Sur Single Vineyard Block Nº23 Riesling 2018
Monday, 20 May 2019 09:58
From the Quitralmán farm (Biobío), from those dark and mineral trumaos soils, this Riesling develops very nitid and expressive aromas. Fermented and stored for only three months in steel tanks, it fills the mouth with its white flowers, wet stones,…
Viñedos Puertas Aguanegra Malbec 2015
Monday, 20 May 2019 08:21
In Palquibudis (or Chile Chico, as its owner José Puertas Esteban calls it), a beautiful hidden valley that emerges on the basin of the Mataquito River, this Malbec impresses with a character tanned by the Curican sun and the sea…