Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Apr 11 One last winery...Cousino Macun

There is one last winery, Cousio Macun, 3rd oldest in Chile, that we have not yet visited so we decide to take the metro and cab down there. We catch a tour in English and one last tasting. It’s a lovely old estate, now run by the 6th generation of same Italian owners. Part of it is now a historic monument but also an interesting museum of ancient wine making equipment. Also on our tour a nice young English couple touring around the world on a budget, Zoe and Sean. The 4 of us enjoy the interesting tour and tasting afterwards. Our great host/sommelier Giuseppi (Joe) adds a Syrah pour to the 4 nice wines. We then pay 10k (C$20) for ONE tasting of their awards winning Lot $160/bottle!) which is deemed pretty super by the 4 of us as we sip the red nectar.
  We stop off en route home at the nice tapas bar for gazpacho and a fine chorizo tortilla (niece Hannah has got us hooked on these.)
  I download a book from my local library. Doncha love this technological age. Reading for the long journey home tomorrow.

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