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         Four years ago, EWS offered The Best of South America to expose attendees to the amazingly high quality wines being made by the visionaries of Argentina and Chile.  That evening was memorable for the number of outstanding wines we tasted.  South America has arrived!  In terms of quality, that tasting significantly raised the bar in our minds as to what can be achieved.

        Since then, the top wines from Argentina and Chile continue to muscle their way into the cellars of collectors, who have come to recognize their status as world class wines.  As we did in the first version, we’ve gathered 14 wines to represent The Best of South America in this tasting.  We’ve also included an encore highlight wine from the first tasting.

        Here’s the lineup:

Argentina

2006 Achaval Ferrer Malbec “Altamira” (96WA,  91+IWC,  96WS)

2003 Achaval Ferrer Malbec “Mirador” (94WS,  97EWS)

2005 Catena Alta Cabernet Sauvignon (92WA,  92IWC,  93WS)

2005 Catena Zapata Malbec “Argentino” (97+WA,  94IWC,  95WS)

2005 Cheval des Andes (94WA,  91+IWC,  92WS)

2007 Goulart Malbec Reserva (Terrific value!)

2006 Viña Alicia “Cuarzo” (Petit Verdot) (95WA - Neal Martin)

2006 Viña Cobos Malbec “Marchiori Vineyard” (99WA,  91IWC,  93WS)

Chile

2005 Almaviva (94WA,  95WS)

2005 Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon (94WA,  96WS)

2004 Sena (94WA)

2006 Casa Lapostolle “Clos Apalta” (94WS)

2005 Viña Montes “Alpha M” (93WA,  95WS)

2005 Viña Montes “Folly” (94WA,  92IWC,  94WS)