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Ignacio Recabarren Casablanca Sauvignon Blanc 2022

Ignacio Recabarren Casablanca Sauvignon Blanc 2022

White Wine from Chile

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2022 was a high-quality cool vintage in the cool Casablanca Valley of Chile. Superb sauvignon blanc from excellent vineyards in the cool south-west corner of the valley made by master winemaker, Ignacio Recabarren. Intense blackcurrant-leaf aromas, a fresh gooseberry-fruit palate and a long finish.

£13.95 £12.25 Bottle

£167.00 £147.00 Case of 12

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Code: CE12791

Wine characteristics

White Wine
2 - Dry
Sauvignon Blanc
75cl
Now to 2026
13% Alcohol
no oak influence
Cork, diam

Ignacio Recabarren

Ignacio Recabarren is, in our view, Chile’s greatest winemaker. He makes beautifully balanced wines in a European style by picking ripe yet fresh grapes, spending a lot of time in the vineyard tasting grapes to choose the perfect moment to harvest. Thereafter he prefers to let the character of the vineyard shine through and has a light hand on extraction and oak flavour in the cellar.

He has a vast knowledge and experience of winemaking, both abroad, in places as diverse as Château Margaux (Bordeaux), Cloudy Bay and Matua Valley (New Zealand), and at home in all the valleys of Chile. He was a pioneer of the cool Casablanca Valley and his experience in New Zealand made him an early leader in the field of sauvignon blanc.

His wines come from one of the coolest parts of the Casablanca in the south-west of the valley. He has chosen established hillside vineyards planted on red clay which produce a high quality crop of low yields. His transparent winemaking style aims to translate the maximum quality of the grapes into the finished wine with minimum cellar technique.

The Times

Unsurprisingly, uber-popular sauvignon blanc is Chile’s biggest export to us and cool, coastal Casablanca is home to Ignacio Recabarren’s stylish 2022 Sauvignon Blanc, with its intense, racy, herby, lime...

Unsurprisingly, uber-popular sauvignon blanc is Chile’s biggest export to us and cool, coastal Casablanca is home to Ignacio Recabarren’s stylish 2022 Sauvignon Blanc, with its intense, racy, herby, lime zest fruit.

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Jane MacQuitty

Friday 27th Sep 2024

Decanter

Ignacio Recabarren is one of South America's most experienced winemakers, and here has succeeded in producing a delicious, cool-climate style of Sauvignon Blanc from one of the coolest vineyards in...

Ignacio Recabarren is one of South America's most experienced winemakers, and here has succeeded in producing a delicious, cool-climate style of Sauvignon Blanc from one of the coolest vineyards in Chile's Casablanca Valley. It's a green style of Sauvignon Blanc, fairly austere, with green pepper, asparagus and snow pea aromas and flavours. Would be perfect with a Thai green curry.

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Amy Wislocki

Monday 22nd Jul 2024