Chile

Penfolds Bin 8 Cabernet Shiraz 2013, South Australia (£19.99 Waitrose) Was looking forward to this, but it started off showing a slightly overripe sweetness, like jammie dodger biscuits. A little more time and a more serious earthy liquorice edge emerged, although the jammy side remained. The following day, it was […]

Cabernet Sauvignon from Australia, Chile, South Africa & Spain

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Casa Silva Late Harvest Semillon/Gewurztraminer 2014, Colchagua, Chile (£8.95 Barrels & Bottles, Frank Stainton Wines, Addisons, Inverarity/Morton, Michael Jobling Wines, The Cheese & Wine Co, Naked Grape, Island Wine Company, Charles Steevenson Wines, Vesuvio, Lewis & Cooper, Palmers Wine Store, Xander Wines, Field & Fawcett, Portland Wine Company) Combines the […]

Casa Silva Late Harvest Semillon/Gewurztraminer 2014, Colchagua, Chile

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Errázuriz Estate Pinot Noir 2014, Aconcagua Costa, Chile (£10.25 Majestic) I like the gentle plummy red berry flavours, and the lush texture, but – like many Chilean wines – the pleasure is dampened by reduction, which leaves a slightly hard finish. Does improve slightly with time, but could have been […]

Two Pinot Noirs from Chile’s Viña Errázuriz

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Viña Ventisquero Root 1 Carmenère 2013, Colchagua, Chile (£7.99 Morrisons) Toasty chocolatey aromas, then bold blackberry and cassis, with an exotic edge of coffee bean. Good, but maybe a touch too medicinal for greatness. B(-) Casa Silva Los Lingues Carmenère 2013, Colchagua, Chile (£14.95 The Derbyshire Wine Co, Bayley & […]

Two Carmenères from Chile

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Same grape, quite different wines Marchesi Di Gresy Langhe Sauvignon 2013, Piedmont, Italy (£16.95 WineTrust.co.uk) Good mix of richness and freshness, with ripe apples and gooseberry flavours set against sappy, herby citrus and stony notes. Very attractive style, but needs food – Dover sole? S- Longavi Sauvignon Blanc 2013, Leyda […]

Sauvignon Blanc from Piedmont, Italy and Leyda, Chile

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