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Date Printed: 5/22/2013
Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay 2008
Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay 2008
 (search item no. 103380)
Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
PRICE ON 5/22/2013: $21.99

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2011 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2010 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2009 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2009 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2009 International Wine Cellar rating: 90 points
2007 Wine Spectator rating: 91 points
2007 The Wine Advocate rating: 91 points
2007 Wine & Spirits rating: 90 points
2006 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2006 Wine & Spirits rating: 90 points
2005 The Wine Advocate rating: 92 points
2005 Wine Spectator rating: 91 points
2004 Wine Spectator rating: 89 points
2004 Wine & Spirits rating: 88 points
2004 Wine Enthusiast rating: 87 points
2004 The Wine News rating: 87 points
2003 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2003 Wine Enthusiast rating: 87 points
2002 Wine Spectator rating: 91 points
2002 Wine Enthusiast rating: 88 points
2001 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2000 Wine Enthusiast rating: 90 points
2000 Wine Spectator rating: 88 points
1997 Wine Enthusiast rating: 87 points
1995 Wine Spectator rating: 85 points

Winemaker's Notes:

 Clean and bright, light yellow in color with rich and concentrated aromas of tasty pear, fig and toasty hazelnut. Marques de Casa Concha is a full bodied wine with distinct minerality and a core of ripe, opulent fig and pear flavor. This wine is big in the mouth, creamy with crisp acidity and a long, memorable finish.
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About Vina Concha y Toro:

 In 1986, Rafael Guilisasti of Concha y Toro had a flash of inspiration that would set new precedents and raise the bar for Chilean winemaking forever. Armed with samples of Cabernet Sauvignon from Concha y Toro's Puente Alto vineyard, Cuilisasti traveled to France to meet Emile Peynaud, the father of modern winemaking. Peynaud was impressed and considered the samples to demonstrate the characteristics of a unique terroir. Guilisasti's pilgrimage echoed an equally significant voyage made a century earlier by founder, Don Melchor, who brought back to Chile the first samples of French rootstock. Now in its 22nd vintage, Don Melchor expresses the singular character of Cabernet Sauvignon from Puente Alto and consistently demonstrates Chile's potential to create world-class wines.