November, 2010.- Viña San Pedro

Eight Great Gold Medals, 44 Gold Medals and 35 Silver Medals were awarded in total by the competition.

In this context, San Pedro’s distinguished wines were:

- Our wine elaborated with organically grown grapes, 35°South B.O. Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2009, which attained a Gold Medal, and

- GatoNegro Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, with a Silver Medal.

On this “satellite” version of one of the most relevant wine competitions worldwide –as is the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles–, there were 66 participating wineries, not only Chileans, but also stemming from neighboring countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Also, other competitors in this tournament, besides wines, were sparkling wines and Chilean gourmet products.

The experts invited to become the jury at this edition of the CMB-Ch were 18 foreign and local professionals, all of them, winemakers, sommeliers and specialized journalists.

This competition has awarded more than 300 Chilean products, representatives from all wine-growing valleys in Chile, since it was launched the year 2006.

We feel honored to be among the winners!

June of 2010.-

“Season 2008 was a good one for San Pedro”, states Puyo, “the vineyard’s yields were lower than the previous years, due to climatic factors, what allowed us to obtain much more concentrated and high quality wines.”

This wine is made of the finest Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, grown in the Cachapoal Valley. The vineyards are planted on the piedmont of the Andes Mountains, on clay and moderately sloped soils. The vinification starts with a cold maceration, then, alcoholic fermentation takes place with selected yeasts and controlled temperatures, and later on, 100% of the final blend was aged for one year in French oak barrels.

This new Cabernet’s vintage is facing a great challenge, being born within one of the Chilean Reserve wine brands with the largest amount of specialized acknowledgements. Previous harvest, year 2007, set the bar really high by attaining very relevant international reviews and awards, among them, three Gold Medals in the competitions Florida Wine and Food Festival Wine Judging 2009 in the United States, the French Challenge International du Vin 2009 and worldwide prestigious Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, on its 2009 edition.  

Castillo de Molina Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 from the Cachapoal Valley is ready and available to delight wine lovers all around the world!

We are particularly proud to announce that Castillo de Molina Sauvignon Blanc from the Elqui Valley received the Decanter World Wine Awards 2009 Trophy for Best Chilean Sauvignon Blanc under 10 pounds. This is the second consecutive year that it has earned this prestigious trophy, and one of only six wines to have received consecutive trophies since the British competition began in 2004!

Prior to this achievement, the March edition of Wine Spectator, one of the most important wine magazines in the US, published a list of outstanding Chilean wines under the title “Bold Reds, Crisp Whites”, which gave 87 points to the 2006 Castillo de Molina Cabernet Sauvignon from Cachapoal. We were featured again, when the magazine’s May 31st edition included winewriter James Molesworth´s special on Chile, entitled “Chile’s one-two punch,” in which he commented that “as red wines continue to surge, whites show marked improvement.”

With respect to San Pedro wines, this renowned critic named the 2008 Castillo de Molina Sauvignon Blanc from Elqui among the most interesting examples of Chilean whites and included the 2006 Castillo de Molina Cabernet Sauvignon from Cachapoal among the 18 Top Value wines in the edition (with 87 points), wines highlighted by their excellent quality-price ratio.

Furthermore, in an attached piece entitled the “ABC’s of Chilean Wine” Molesworth presents Chile’s most important wine regions, and in discussing the Elqui Valley he says that “Viña San Pedro has taken the lead in developing vineyards here, notably for Sauvignon Blanc.”

On the European front, both the major French Challenge International du Vin 2009, and the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2009, one of the most important wine competitions in the world, have just released their results and coincided completely in their findings. Each competition awarded Gold Medals to both Castillo de Molina Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 and Castillo de Molina Shiraz 2007.

All of these distinctions recognize, reinforce, and communicate Castillo de Molina’s excellent quality in all its varieties.