A tasting of two halves… Aquitania Carmenère Reserva 2013, Maipo, Chile (£9.95 Winety – looks like I got the price wrong on the video) The more elegant end of the Carmenère spectrum, just the right side of jammy, this has lightly spicy blackcurrant and blackberry flavours joined by a note of […]
Maipo
Aquitania is the Maipo winery established in 1990 by Bordeaux big-wigs Paul Pontallier (Château Margaux) and Bruno Prats (ex- Château Cos d’Estournel), along with Chilean winemaker Felipe de Solminihac. The first wines were released under the Paul Bruno label, but they’re now called Aquitania. Since 2002, Ghislain de Montgolfier of […]
Two reds from Aquitania in Chile’s Maipo Valley
Château des Sarrins Côtes de Provence Rosé 2013, France (£15.99 Bibendum, TheDrinkShop.com) A previous bottle of this was extremely awkward and pongy, like it was having a really bad hair day (see here). This one – tasted just a fortnight later – was better. There’s still a light sulphury whiff […]
Three Rosés from Provence, Chile & Portugal
Many young reds are all the better for a couple of hours breathing, but this was its best as soon as I’d opened it Errázuriz Estate Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2012, Maipo, Chile (£9.99 Morrisons) Warm, plush and rounded style, with hearty berry and blackcurrant, the vanilla edge of oak, and […]
Errázuriz Estate Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2012, Maipo, Chile
Have to say that I’m not usually a huge Carmenère fan, but this one hit the spot Morandé Reserva Carmenère 2010, Maipo, Chile (£10.29 The DrinkShop, The Wine Company) Classic combination of plus blackcurrant and dark berry flesh with earthy coffee bean and just enough of the green pepper tang […]
Morandé Reserva Carmenère 2010, Maipo, Chile
Red Rhino Merlot/Shiraz 2011, Western Cape, South Africa (£6.49 The Drink Shop) Simple style, ripe, but a touch baked and volatile. C- Viña Casa Silva Silva Family Wines Cabernet Sauvignon/Carmenère 2011, Colchagua, Chile (£7-8.95 Averys, Wine Rack) Combines the blackcurrant pastille of Cabernet with the more exotic herbal berry and […]