Vintages Chile Flashcards
What is the most freshest recent vintage in Chile?
2021 - long, cold spring was long and cool, short summer, overall a FRESHER year, slow maturation, high humidity increased disease pressure, yields up from 2020
What happened in 2023 in Chile?
Maule & Sur fires
What is the best recent year for Chile?
2018 - EXCELLENT growing conditions
What years have been hot and dry in Chile recently?
2022 - could be stellar like 2018
2020 - challenging w/ frost, drought, & summer heatwaves, EXTREME HEAT, one of the warmest for Chile in the last century, which led to an extremely early harvest - mixed bag of ripeness
2019 - a drought season dropped yields but aided concentration
What years have been hot and dry in Chile recently?
2022 - could be stellar like 2018
2020 - challenging w/ frost, drought, & summer heatwaves, extreme heat, one of the warmest for Chile in the last century, which led to an extremely early harvest
2019 - a drought season dropped yields but aided concentration
2017 - hot summer temps (complicated by fires), ripe wines, early harvest w/ low yields, full & forward
2015 - warm and dry season
2009 - warm and dry season
What was the most difficult recent vintage for Chile?
2016 - deeply affected by El Niño, untimely RAINS in key regions such as Colchagua, Maipo and Casablanca cut yields and led to less concentrated flavors, particularly for reds
What is the warmest vintage of the trio 2014, 2013, 2012?
2012 - WARM summer weather resulted in an early harvest, w/ clean, disease-free fruit & somewhat higher yields; late-ripening Carmenère performed well
2013 - COOL vintage, delivering fresh, well-structured wines w/ balanced concentration & flavor
2014 - severe spring frost cut yields; good quality fruit harvested; CRISP reds, savory whites
How were 2011 and 2010 in Chile?
2011 - markedly cool & cloudy, with low yields leading to a harvest of clean fruit; early releases show fresh, elegant profiles
2010 - cool season, fresh wines, earthquake before harvest in Maule and Curico
Best Chilean vintages of the 2000s?
2007 - good balance
2005 - outstanding quality for cellaring
How was 2008 vs. 2006 in Chile?
2008 - hot and dry
2006 - cool year with low concentration, short term
How were 2003 and 2004 in Chile?
2004 - cold spring, low concentration - just ok
2003 - good harvest, juicy and up front
Best historical Chilean vintage?
1999 - great polish
1997 - brawny wines- drought
Worst historical El Nino vintage?
1998 - tons of rain
