Estate fruit from 12- to 29-year-old vines, manually thinned, hand-harvested and whole-cluster pressed. Up-front vibrant orchard fruits with citrus hints, apple, peach and lemon on a textured, creamy palate with well-managed French oak. Generous but elegant mouthfeel through a lengthy close.
Very pale straw in colour. Aromatic honeysuckle and peach bouquet suggest sweetness, but the wine is delightfully dry and beautifully balanced. Light and fragrant on the palate with fresh tangerine acidity that sustains the peach-lychee flavour. Clean and true: the perfect summer wine.
Distinctively Chilean piquant herbal scent with good varietal cherry and lightly spicy, chocolaty overtones. Generously ripe mouth filling berry fruit fills the mouth, backed by firm tannins with a pinch of green herb. Chocolate and plenty of spice contrast with astringent dryness on the finish.
The 2Bench is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. The nose shows blackberry, cassis, tobacco leaf, oak spice, kirsch and earth. It’s a big wine on the palate and loaded with tannins to go with bold dark fruits, spice and the stuffing to lay down for a few years while everything comes together.
This highly stylistic sparkler, which spends two years on its lees, is lean and precise with a saline nose of sea breeze, toasted vanilla, brioche and fresh cut citrus. It’s bracingly dry on the palate, layered and textured, with energy and verve that serve the sharp citrus and green apple notes well. Can only imagine how this would pair with fresh island crab.
Lots of bitter but balanced hoppy aromas and flavours with citrus and hint of maltiness, full and generous flavours, refreshing and a long-lasting finish.
Simple, with some light cherry and plum flavours, a touch of espresso and a rather short finish. Neither offensive nor compelling.