REPORT ON CHILE PACIFICO 2025 TORONTO WINES OF CHILE ANNUAL TRADE TASTING
The Date and Time: Monday October 27 2025 2PM - 5PM
The Event: WINES OF CHILE ANNUAL TRADE TASTING
The Venue: One King Street West
The Target Audience: wine media, sommeliers, agents
The Availability/Catalogue: the booklet showed a wide range of wines available through the LCBO or through an agent. Unlike earlier years, there were more wines over the $20 level. 16 wineries brought in 125 or so wines for sampling; most of them were reds.
The Quote/Background: Earlier there was a Pisco tasting. Also, some of the wineries were looking for agents to represent them in Ontario.
The Wines: I did not taste all the wines.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Vina Aresti Family Collection Assemblage 2020 $120 FOB
-Vina Aresti Trisquel Series Semillon 2024 $24.95
-Vina El Principal Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 $100
-Garces Silva Family Vineyards Amayna Cote d'Mar 2022 $39 Consignment The Vine
-Montes Outer Limits Albarino 2024 $24.95 Vintages 47156
-Montes Purple Angel 2021 $105.95 Vintages 62364
-Montgras Ninquen CabSauv & Syrah 2022 $29.95
-Vina Perez Cruz Piedra Seca Cabernet Sauvignon 2023$22.95 Vintages
-Vina Perez Cruz Piedra Pircas Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 $42.95 Vintages Cellar Collection 536839
-VSPT Wine Group Chardonnay Leyda Lot 5 2023 $26.95
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (86 89 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Vina Aresti Reserva Chardonnay 2023 $34 FOB
-Vina Aresti Espiritu de Chile Sauvignon Blanc $18 FOB
-Bodega Volcanes de Chile Parinacota $39.95
-Garces Silva Family Vineyards Amayna Sauvignon Blanc 2025 $28.99 The Vine
-Vina Marea Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $24.95
-Vina Santa Carolina Reserva de Familia Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 $19.95 Vintages Essential
-Santa Rita Medalla Real Gran Reserva Chardonnay 2023 $17.95 Vintages
-Santa Rita Medalla Real Gran Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $18.95 Vintages
The Food: cheese and meat boards, marinated veggies (red peppers, tomatoes), focaccia and breads, artichokes, waitstaff did walk around platters.
The Downside: it got crowded really quickly
The Upside: a good chance to taste some of the more expensive wines from Chile.
The Contact Person: lisa@androscom.com
The Event s Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 88.
The Date and Time: Monday October 27 2025 2PM - 5PM
The Event: WINES OF CHILE ANNUAL TRADE TASTING
The Venue: One King Street West
The Target Audience: wine media, sommeliers, agents
The Availability/Catalogue: the booklet showed a wide range of wines available through the LCBO or through an agent. Unlike earlier years, there were more wines over the $20 level. 16 wineries brought in 125 or so wines for sampling; most of them were reds.
The Quote/Background: Earlier there was a Pisco tasting. Also, some of the wineries were looking for agents to represent them in Ontario.
The Wines: I did not taste all the wines.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Vina Aresti Family Collection Assemblage 2020 $120 FOB
-Vina Aresti Trisquel Series Semillon 2024 $24.95
-Vina El Principal Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 $100
-Garces Silva Family Vineyards Amayna Cote d'Mar 2022 $39 Consignment The Vine
-Montes Outer Limits Albarino 2024 $24.95 Vintages 47156
-Montes Purple Angel 2021 $105.95 Vintages 62364
-Montgras Ninquen CabSauv & Syrah 2022 $29.95
-Vina Perez Cruz Piedra Seca Cabernet Sauvignon 2023$22.95 Vintages
-Vina Perez Cruz Piedra Pircas Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 $42.95 Vintages Cellar Collection 536839
-VSPT Wine Group Chardonnay Leyda Lot 5 2023 $26.95
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (86 89 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Vina Aresti Reserva Chardonnay 2023 $34 FOB
-Vina Aresti Espiritu de Chile Sauvignon Blanc $18 FOB
-Bodega Volcanes de Chile Parinacota $39.95
-Garces Silva Family Vineyards Amayna Sauvignon Blanc 2025 $28.99 The Vine
-Vina Marea Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $24.95
-Vina Santa Carolina Reserva de Familia Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 $19.95 Vintages Essential
-Santa Rita Medalla Real Gran Reserva Chardonnay 2023 $17.95 Vintages
-Santa Rita Medalla Real Gran Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $18.95 Vintages
The Food: cheese and meat boards, marinated veggies (red peppers, tomatoes), focaccia and breads, artichokes, waitstaff did walk around platters.
The Downside: it got crowded really quickly
The Upside: a good chance to taste some of the more expensive wines from Chile.
The Contact Person: lisa@androscom.com
The Event s Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 88.
Dean Tudor, Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism
Treasurer of Wine Writers' Circle of Canada http://www.deantudor.comhttp://gothicepicures.blogspot.com
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