Engaging cumin spices with glossy currants, black olives and tobacco leaf. A medium-to full-bodied carmenere with juicy black fruit and firm but silky tannins. Nice length, with some dark spices and olives. Sustainable. Drink now
From the Monção e Melgaço sub-region of northern Portugal, the natural home of the alvarinho grape, and made by one of its finest producers, who uses a little skin contact (hence the name) to give structure to this invigorating linear dinner-table white.
The 2022 Cordillera Cabernet Sauvignon is a textbook example of Maipo, opening with an herbal bouquet of red fruits, turned earth and a subtle backdrop of oak. The palate is high-toned and vibrant, concluding with a similarly energetic, sleek finish with ...
The 2019 Carignan Miguel Torres hails from Huerta de Maule and was aged for 14 months in French oak barrels, 7% of them new. A rich purple hue. The aromas range from sweet and sour cherry to plum and blackberry, with hints of spice and gunpowder. Dry, ...
As is consistent with this range, the 2022 Cordillera Carmenere is a classic example of Peumo, exuding a dark-fruited, herbal and spice-driven bouquet with great energy and dimension. The palate strikes a midpoint between plush and tensile, closing with a...
Ranked #44 in Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2023
A very flinty chardonnay with pure limey fruit and a hint of green apples and fine lees. Oyster shells and subtle cream. Quite a different wine from the past. This is salty and zingy with a textured, medium-bodied palate with a pungent, saline-driven fini...