To get to the vineyard we took the train and then a bus, it was about an hour and a half away from Santiago. On the way we stopped for McDonalds :) The tour itself was awesome; we got to see the manor of the original owners, saw the crops of grapes, the new technological cellars, the old school `haunted` cellars, and had a great wine tasting! We had a great French tour guide who asked George if he was from the homeland :) He was incredibly knowledgeable and taught us how to be wine connoisseurs. Tilt for Color, Sniff, Swirl, Sniff Again, Sip! We paid for a wine and cheese tour so we got to have two tastings of a red and a white wine on the tour, and then once we ended we got to have an included bread and cheese plate with another cup of wine of our choice. We got to keep the wine glasses that say `Concha y Toro` engraved on it, as well as the wooden bread plate that has a wine glass holder in it. I had Merlot and George had Chardonnay. After the cheese, I ordered a raspberry tart (amazing) and we hung out for a couple hours before trooping it back home.
Here are a couple of the pics we took:
Start of the tour!
Julia at the wine and cheese portion of the tour
George practicing the Sniffing step haha
In one of the first wine cellars in the country. This is home to the top wines in Chile and the underground haunted cellar is called Casillero del Diablo (the Devils Dungeon) because the original owner told the villagers that the Devil haunted it so that they would stop stealing the top wines hid there. It was really creepy with the lights off!
Manor and summer house of the original owner
George and Julia in the new cellars that are all technologically controlled for optimum temperature and humidity levels. The wine barrels are made out of American or French Oak depending on the quality of wine. For premium wines they use French Oak because the pores are smaller.
g's technique > j's technique.
ReplyDeletestep your game up, berg.