Chile
Chilean wines are now among the most popular of all the world - and justifiably so, since top quality is available across the price range.
Our recommendations...
Silver Ghost Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Central Valley
Invitingly fruity, offering a juicy citrus and gooseberry backbone overlaid with notes of fresh green apples.
€2.98 £2.49
Silver Ghost Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Central Valley
A fruit-driven style of Cabernet that offers rounded, ripe red berry fruit with a plummy and easy-going feel.
€2.98 £2.49
Santa Rita 120 Merlot 2016 Central Valley
At least £4 less than our UK price! Intense aromas of red fruits, accompanied by floral, vanilla and tobacco notes. Has a great feeling of volume in the mouth, with plentiful but super-soft tannins.
€4.18 £3.49
Valle Antigua Sauvignon Blanc
This is a bright, fresh and fruity wine with citrus and green apple flavours in abundance. Additional complexity and rcihness is added by a period of lees aeing.
€3.34 £2.79
Santa Rita 120 Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Central Valley
At least £4 less than our UK price! Maximum fruit character is obtained by hand-harvesting and cold fermentation of the Sauvignon grapes, and the addition of 2% Semillon helps keep the blend well-rounded.
€4.18 £3.49
Valle Antigua Cabernet Sauvignon
This is a classic Chilean Cabernet with bold flavours of blackcurrant and damson. It is juicy and well balanced with a delightfully soft finish.
€3.34 £2.79
Santa Rita 120 Carmènère 2016 Central Valley
At least £4 less than our UK price! A lively and juicy representation of this variety, with a soft and supple texture, bright brambly fruit and subtle notes of spice and tobacco leaf, and a hint of vanilla from 6 months' in French oak.
€4.18 £3.49
Santa Rita 120 Viognier 2016 Central Valley
Free-run juice and light pressings have been used to maintain a light and crisp feel to the wine, with a long 3-week fermentation period followed by 2 weeks on lees for softness of texture.
€4.18 £3.49
Valle Antigua Chardonnay
This fine Chardonnay has fresh flavours of ripe apple and citrus enhanced by notes of vanilla from ageing in French oak.
€3.34 £2.79
Valle Antigua Merlot
Soft, plummy and eminently drinkable this possesses harmonious fruit flavours and just a touch of oak flavour on the silky finish.
€3.34 £2.79
Santa Rita 120 Chardonnay 2016 Central Valley
At least £4 less than our UK price! A youthfully green-tinged lemon yellow wine, with an inviting nose of yellow apple, tangerine zest and ripe melon. Refreshing and zippy on the palate, with a soft, clean finish.
€4.78 £3.99
Lastarria Malbec 2016
At least £4 less than our UK price! Classic Malbec flavours and aromas of plum, backcurrant and bramble are heightened bydelicate floral and sweet spice notes.
€4.18 £3.49
