People are often surprised when I describe Chile as one of the most exciting wine countries in the New World. I have no doubt it is. And yet, few countries face a greater challenge in shaking off a stubborn reputation as a dependable, if somewhat boring, value producer. Good for cheap Cabernet blends and Sauvignon Blanc.
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Indigo Wine has pledged to donate £1 for each bottle sold from their portfolio of Chilean wines, raising funds for producers affected by natural disasters in Itata and Maule.
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The samples didn’t look very special, to be honest. Bottled in the sort of thing they ask you to fill in doctor’s surgeries, they’d arrived by plane from the south that morning courtesy of Fernando Almeda of Miguel Torres Chile. The reality was considerably more exciting than the makeshift package, however. I was about to taste the first releases from the world’s most southerly vineyard.
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