This is a Chilean take on top-flight Bordeaux. A rich and textured Cabernet at it's best, with beautiful sweet oak flavours to complete a quite sensational package. Lavish and decadent, we believe there's no finer.
These guys are on the shining path, having being totally enlightened by Alvaro Espinosa in all things organic and sustainable. Walking round these vineyards is like visiting a zoological park, it is so teeming with wildlife! The wines, like the environment are about equilibrium.
Agustinos is the pet project of a stupendously wealthy Chilean gazillionaire, who set out to make super premium wines, using his capital, international winemaking expertise and the best equipment and grapes money can buy. By getting in on the ground floor, we have bought it at a price that is just, well, silly for the quality. Buy now before prices go up!
Made from hand picked grapes grown next to the Enchanted Valley, this is an almost magical wine. Pale yellow in colour with a delicious mixture of fruit and crisp minerality, the freshness just has to be savoured. Tabali is nestled in the valleys running from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The cooling breezes ensure the perfect growing conditions in this ancient and mystical region.
The weak dollar means that Chile can produce stunning Sauvignons at low prices. Made for us by the most quality driven of Chile's large producers, this wine is utterly reliable and cracking value. You simply can't go wrong. Try this over a Sunday lunch with friends - serve this before the meal, the lively crisp fruit will get your guests appetites going. When the food arrives our Monos Locos Sauvignon Blanc is a perfect partner.
We love this winery! It is a winery built with no walls in the extreme north of Chile where they have a similarly unconstrained attitude towards winemaking.
We were recently delighted by the powers of Aconcagua to make inky, dense and almost Mediterranean style wines. And just when we thought the concentration of fruit couldn't get any better, our friends whipped out the 'reserve' range. Wow.
We have snatched the entire allocation of this wine. Because we love it. And we can't think of any better reason to buy a wine! Enjoy the clean crispness of the wine and the subtle tones.
These guys are on the shining path, having been totally enlightened by Alvaro Espinosa in all things organic and sustainable. Walking round these vineyards is like visiting a zoological park, it is so teeming with wildlife! The wines, like the environment are about equilibrium.
So great to ride the surf with the new-wave of Chilean wine makers, in far-flung regions that attract pioneers like a gold-rush. And the lovely Constanza is just such a surfer, making exceptional wines in the Bio Bio, so marginal it hurts.