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In a new milestone for the Chilean wines, the blind tasting results from Moscow placed Seña 2001 as the favourite wine, with Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve 2009 and Seña 2008 in close second and third places. The fourth place went to Bordeaux, with Château Margaux 2001, followed very close by historical vintage 2000 of Viñedo Chadwick. Thus, the two legendary winners of the original Berlin Tasting in 2004 are rewriting the story.

In addition to being an inaugural experience in Russia, this Berlin Tasting was very special, in that it was performed in a vertical format to additionally showcase the world-class ageing potential of these extraordinary wines.

This event was opened by Chilean Ambassador in Russia, Mr. Juan Eduardo Eguiguren, and conducted by President of Viña Errázuriz & Seña, Eduardo Chadwick, who shared these wineries’ history and milestones, as well as his long-standing quest to obtain recognition for Chile as a world-class appellation. Joining him as moderators were, Mr. Steven Spurrier, consultant editor to Decanter Magazine and the creator of the original Judgement of Paris, and Russian wine expert, Mr. Igor Serdyuk.

Eduardo Chadwick was thrilled with the results and commented, “the results of this tasting are a testament to demonstrate that our Icon wines, and indeed many of the top wines of Chile, possess the quality, pedigree and ageability that is comparable to the very best wines of the world.”

Steven Spurrier added, “Eduardo Chadwick is the recognised ambassador for Chilean wines, so it is right and proper that his own wines continue to shine in these blind tastings.”

In turn, Igor Serdyuk remarked, “this tasting is a real historical event for the Russian market, because it has a huge educational impact on young professionals in the wine industry. It shows a clear new stage for Chilean wines, with tremendous quality and ageing potential and it is a great example for the Russian winemakers of what a country, and especially wineries as Errázuriz and Seña, can do to produce wines of the highest quality. After this tasting, Russia is not only convinced, but also has voted the Chilean wines as world-class.”

The Berlin Tasting carried out in Moscow, follows in the spirit of the famous Berlin Tasting held in Germany in January 2004, where the most important wine writers, buyers, and specialists blind tasted 16 wines, and created an historical precedent by placing two wines from Chile (Viñedo Chadwick 2000 and Seña 2001), ahead of established French classics and Italian cult wines.

This constituted a milestone in the history of Chilean wine industry. And since then, the Berlin Tasting is part of Viña Errázuriz’s global educational program that promotes the high standard of fine Chilean Icon wines in a quest to establish and obtain recognition for Chile’s position amongst the world’s finest appellations.

This initiative has been successfully recreated in the most important wine capitals of the world more than 15 times since 2004, benchmarking the newly released vintages on each occasion. It has built a remarkable and unfailing trajectory, in which the most expert palates from around the planet have placed this winery’s Icons in the company of the world’s greatest wines.