Medium straw colour with a buttered popcorn nose; medium-bodied, spicy oak and pineapple flavours with lively acidity; deftly oaked with a mouth-freshening finish.
Unlike any white Bordeaux I have tasted — it’s more like a cross between a Loire Valley Sancerre and a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Pale straw, almost water-white in colour, it has an upfront bouquet of gooseberry and grapefruit; these flavours expand on the palate to passion fruit and guava, ending with a crisp lemony finish. Great value.
This is a sturdy, workmanlike Merlot-led Bordeaux for everyday drinking. It offers typical dark plum, blackcurrant and green herbal notes with a bit of tannic backbone and appetizing, food-friendly acidity.
This 100% Chardonnay sparkler is pale straw in colour with an active mousse and a minerally nose of apples and brioche. It’s light-bodied, dry on the palate, with a suggestion of toast, honey and apple and a light note of white blossoms. Long, lemony finish.
This unique blend of Vidal and Moscato fuses freshness, acidity and an off-dry personality. Combined with the low alcohol and a profile of white flowers, peach, pear, honey, lime and spice, it makes for an enjoyable aperitif wine or a foil for spicy fare.
If big, bold red wines are your bag, this is your wine. Deep purple in colour, it has a rich nose of blackberries and cedar with a note of iodine. Medium to full-bodied, you get concentrated flavours of sweet blackberry and plum with a chocolate note. An ideal BBQ wine, especially for pepper steak.
The new vintage of Errazuriz Aconcagua Alto Cabernet Sauvignon is the kind of wine you want to take to a barbecue. The 2012 is a real extrovert Chilean red with concentrated blackcurrant and black plum flavours carried on lively acidity and wrapped in spicy vanilla oak. It comes from the same vineyard that produces the Don Maximiano Cabernet but is a fraction of the price.