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Looking to take home one of Chile’s best bottles of wine? Where to start? Not at the supermarket where you can find something decent, but they generally don’t stock the high end export labels. For that you’ll have to make a trip to one of the specialized wine stores. Mundo de Vino, Wain or La CAV, which also has a monthly buyers club.

Each one will publish from time to time a ranking of the best. La CAV (which stands for Club de Amantes de Vino or wine lovers club and also sounds something like cava or cellar) just released their Mesa de Cata 2012 ranking. To comply the ranking they brough together three experts Ricardo Grellet, sommelier; Ana Maria Barahona, executive editor of La CAV and Sergio Correa, an enologist or wine maker, and ranked the wines on a scale of 1 to 100.

So who’s the best?

By Category:

• Icon: Altair 2007: 97 points
• Ultra Premium: Sideral 2007 de Viña Altair: 94 points
• Cabernet Sauvignon: Gillmore Hacedor de Mundos Cs 2007, 92 points
• Carmenère: Pérez Cruz, Limited Edition Car 2009, 92 points
• Merlot: Veramonte Reserva 2010, 91 points
• Syrah (tie): Pérez Cruz Limited Edition 2009 92 points y Emiliana Signos de Origen Syrah 2009 92 points
• Malbec: J.Bouchon Reserva Especial Malbec 91 points
• Pinot Noir: Casas del Bosque Gran Reserva PN 2010, 91 points
• Red Assemblage: El Principal Calicanto 2010, 93 points
• Other Reds: Undurraga TH Carignan 2009, 92 points
• Sauvignon Blanc (tie): Montes Limited Selection Sb 2011 y Matetic Corralillo Sb 2010, 91 points
• Chardonnay: Tabalí Talinay Camanchaca Vineyard Chardonnay 2009, 92 points
• Other Whites: Chocalán Malvilla Riesling 2010, 90 points
• White Assemblage: Cousiño Macul Finis Terrae 2010, 91 points
• Sparking Wine: Undurraga Titillium Blanc de Noirs, 91 points
• Rose: Leyda, Single Vineyard Loica pn 2010, 90 points
• Late Harvest: Morandé, Golden Harvest Edición Limitada 2007, 91 points

You can buy the full ranking in book format through La CAV’s website and store or in most book stores in Las Condes, Providencia or Vitacura. It comes with tasting notes, food pairing recommendations and a full list of all the wines tasted. All in Spanish however.