Antiyal

Winery: Antiyal Score: 90
Wine: Maipo Valley 2003
Price: $50
Country: Chile Region: Maipo
Issue: Dec 15, 2005

Structured, with a mix of loam, black cherry, plum, briar, grilled beef and tobacco flavors. Gutsy finish shows a nice second wave of dark fruit. Could use a little time in the cellar. Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Best from 2006 through 2009. 525 cases made. (JM)

Winery: Antiyal Score: 91
Wine: Maipo Valley 2002
Price: $50
Country: Chile Region: Maipo
Issue: Dec 15, 2004

Lovely aromas of crushed berry fruit, violets and spice, with supple layers of fruit, minerals, loam and tar running through the lengthy finish. The fruit darkens up nicely on the finish too, so this may well put on weight in the cellar. Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Drink now through 2007. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 400 cases made. (JM)
Winery: Antiyal Score: 92
Wine: Maipo Valley 2001
Highly Recommended
Price: $40
Country: Chile Region: Maipo
Issue: Nov 30, 2003

Dreamy nose of cassis bush, dark currant, lilac, tar and hot stone, with a plush, full-bodied palate dripping with dark fruit, meat and loam notes. Really suave, picking up grip and muscle on the finish, where the fruit powers through. A distinct combination of varietal character and Chilean terroir. Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Drink now through 2007. 480 cases made. (JM)

Winery: Antiyal Score: 91
Wine: Maipo Valley 2000
Price: $35
Country: Chile Region: Maipo
Issue: Dec 15, 2002

Lovely grace here, with stunning aromas and flavors of cedar, mineral, violets, currant and raspberry with similar flavors that build in intensity through the plush, succulent finish, where the fruit echoes. Great balance and purity. Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Drink now through 2005. 360 cases made. (JM)

Winery: Antiyal Score: 89
Wine: Maipo Valley 1999
Price: $20
Country: Chile Region: Maipo
Issue: Oct 15, 2001

Supple, with a refined sense to the rich currant, black cherry, vanilla, clay and mineral flavors, which hang in nicely on the finish. Has real character. Carmenère, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Drink now through 2003. 348 cases made. (JM)

Antiyal 2005 : 92 points.
Kuyen’s 2005 : 90 points,
Wine Spectator, Dec 31, 2007
Antiyal - “Lovely aromas and flavors of blackberry, bramble, grilled meat and lilacs, with plenty of guts, ample structure and a solid, loamy finish. Shows both polished fruit and rugged terroir.”
Kuyen - “dark and loamy, with fig and currant paste layered with hints of bittersweet cocoa, grilled beef and charcoal.”

Antiyal 2004 : 91 points
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate,
June 29, 2007
“Outstanding. Softly textured and forward, it delivers layers of plush flavors with ripe tannin hiding under all the baby fat.”

Antiyal 2004 : 92 points.
Wine Spectator, May 2007
“Muscular and rich. The lengthy finish pumps out dark fruit and terroir.”

Antiyal 2004 : 92 points.
Wine & Spirits, June 2007
* Named one of the year’s best Chilean reds. “A muscular carmenere-cabernet-syrah blend, this is young and tight. ”

Kuyen 2004 : 88 points
The Wine Enthusiast,
September 2007

Kuyen 2004 : 91 points
Wine & Spirits, October 2006
“tense acidity, juicy mocha flavors and a soft yet solid structure based on strong and refined tannins.”

Antiyal 2004 awarded 91 points
Wine Enthusiast, Nov 15, 2006
“Excellent with the essence of Maipo fruit. Licorice and black fruit carry the masculine bouquet, and next up is a palate of ripe berries that explode in a fireball of flavor.”

Antiyal 2003: 90 points.
Steven Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, March/April 2006
“Powerful, smoky and inviting on the nose. Broad in flavor yet firm.” … Kuyen 2003 receives 88 points. “Powerful smoky aromas of dark cherry, licorice and sweet tobacco, with a floral topnote. Round and supple with suave, well-knit tannins.”

Kuyen 2003 : 89 points.
Wine & Spirits, June 2006

The Antiyal 2003 receives 90 points.
Wine Spectator, Dec 15, 2005
“Gutsy finish shows a nice second wave of dark fruit.”

Kuyen’s 2003 : 90 points
Wine Spectator, Nov 30, 2005
“Ripe, fleshy and focused, with lots of black currant, cocoa, tobacco, mineral and loam flavors…juicy and concentrated.”

Antiyal 2002 : 91 points.
Wine Spectator, Dec 15, 2004
Maipo Valley “Lovely aromas of crushed berry fruit, violets and spice, with supple layers of fruit, minerals, loam and tar running through the lengthy finish.”

Antiyal 2002 : 91 points
Wine & Spirits, February 2005
Valle del Maipo Red.

Antiyal 2002 : 91 points
Wine & Spirits, Fall 2004
Maipo Valley. In the same issue, Antiyal (and Apaltagua) winemaker Alvaro Espinoza named one of the 50 Most Influential Winemakers in the World.

Kuyen 2002 89 points.
Wine Spectator, January 2005
“shows the game, plum and sanguine notes of Syrah, along with ripe black currant, cocoa and coffee flavors.”

2007: Planet Earth Awards
For the first time in its 24-year-old history, The International Wine Challenge presented trophies for responsible winemaking.

These were presented at an awards dinner in London on September 12. The Champion Sustainable Trophy 2007 was awarded to Bald Hills Pinot Noir 2005, Bald Hills Vineyard, New Zealand; the Champion Organic Trophy 2007 was awarded to the Hans TschidaSamling Trockenbeerenauslese 2005 from Austria; and the Champion Biodynamic Trophy 2007 was won by Champagne FleuryMille?sime 1996. Jean-Marie Chadronnier, CEO of Bordeaux negociant CVBG-Dourthe-Kressmann (Dourthe), was given a Lifetime Achievement award and Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic Chilean winemaker, was named Personality of the Year. Espinoza owns, with his wife Marina, a biodynamic estate in Chile and is principal organic and biodynamic consultant to Emiliana Organicos, which owns the largest single biodynamic vineyard in the world.

Alastair Maling MW from Villa Maria(New Zealand) won the White Winemaker of the Year award and Samantha Connew from Wirra Wirra Vineyards (McLaren Vale, South Australia) won the Red Winemaker of the Year award.

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