maybe i didn't explain very well. i tasted the varietal and thought it was amazing value for money - that it tasted like a reserve. when i looked again at the

maybe i didn't explain very well. i tasted the varietal and thought it was amazing value for money - that it tasted like a reserve. when i looked again at the bottle "it all made sense" - it tasted like a reserve because it was a reserve. if you are claiming that is significantly different from me thinking "oh, i'm an idiot, i must have bought the wrong bottle and this is the reserve" on tasting it then i don't know what to say. you seem to be splitting hairs - in either case what is important is that taste was sufficient to detect a more expensive wine. a stronger argument, it seems to me, against what i am saying is that it is a single case. to that i can only add that i've not had the same experience going the other way. i have never tasted a reserve and thought "ugh, i have been screwed". reserves taste like reserves - the oak is obvious. and that means that there is a clear change in taste when the price increases from varietal to reserve. again: i am not claiming you can taste all price differences. but this one is clear and legally enforced for chilean wines.