With the economy in a seeming free-fall, it’s a damn good time to be looking at cheap wines. It’s pretty well accepted that Chile produces some great bargains. The Chilean quality per price ratio has to be one of the best. Fortunately, we get to find out about all sorts of inexpensive Chilean reds with this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday hosted by Quaffmaster General Tim of Cheap Wine Ratings. Tim even posed a bit of a challenge:

The rules are any red wine from Chile for $20 or less.  If you can find a really good one for closer to $10, better yet.

I’m pleased to say that I’ve met that challenge without any doubt.

The wine I enjoyed for this WBW event is the Rayun Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, which set me back $10 per bottle. This is an amazingly good wine, regardless of the price. It has a beautiful dark garnet color, and the nose is very aromatic with good doses of leather and, perhaps, tobacco. There’s a lot going on in this bouquet, and I wish my olafactory senses were better able to pull out the different layers of scents.

On the palate, the wine has a great balance of fruit-forward and depth. The tannins are just perfect, and it has a nice long finish. If I have to give a score, it’s doggone close to a 90.

Frankly, I think it’s nuts that this wine has a $10 price tag, but I’m not going to tell the winery that. I’m just glad I bought several bottles!

Many thanks to QM Tim for hosting this month’s event. I’m really looking forward to seeing what people come up with for their selections.

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