Chile: The Quiet Cabernet Takeover

Chile has spent the last three decades transforming from a source of inexpensive bulk wine into one of the most exciting and underpriced Cabernet Sauvignon producing countries in the world. Today's episode covers Maipo Valley, Chile's most historic and prestigious red wine region, the unique cooling effect of the Andes Mountains that gives Chilean Cabernet its distinctive freshness, the flagship wine Don Melchor and its recent Wine Spectator recognition, and the producers proving Chile belongs in any serious conversation about world-class Cabernet.