This organic offering shows a range of blackberries, cherries, currants and spice on the nose. It’s a substantive wine on the nose with a thick broth of plums, cassis and currants with spicy wood nuances through the finish.
One of the best buys from Chile is this Syrah: a dense purple wine with a smoky, blackberry nose augment by vanilla oak. Full-bodied and dry, it offers richly extracted flavours of blackcurrants and blackberries shaped by sweet tannins. It’s an impressive wine for the price.
Opens on the nose with opulent, developed dark fruit together with subtle notes of cinnamon, clove and fine oak. Generously ripe dark fruit is sweet but not jammy, and comes wrapped in velvety smooth tannins with good overall structure and a satisfying, harmonious finish.
Shows surprising leafy herbal scents together with floral and citrus notes and refreshingly light citrus, green apple and a touch of stone fruit. Good value for money.
An intriguing oak-aged blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère, Merlot and Cabernet Franc offering dark berry, blackcurrant, minty herbal and spicy scents with well-integrated dark fruit flavours, good weight and structure and lingering fruit, spice and dark chocolate on the finish.
Clear medium-deep plum red. Pronounced nose of good PN typicity: raspberry and violets with interesting hints of barnyard, spice, smoke and even menthol. Medium-bodied, presenting a mouthful of crushed red berries, especially raspberries, over soft tannins and refreshing acidity. Definitely not a faint-hearted PN, this will mature for another 2 years. The perfect match for roast smoked duck with a spicy berry sauce and potatoes au gratin.
Chile is making some very nice (and affordable) Sauvignon Blancs with freshness and packed with flavour. The nose shows guava, tropical fruit, fresh-cut grass and white flowers. It’s crisp and refreshing on the palate with grapefruit and tropical fruit flavours.