Winemaker Notes
#58 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2024
This wine stands out because of its pale yellow color with greenish hues, giving the wine a very clean and shiny appearancee. The nose displays great character, complex elegance and a very intense, singular minerality, with some notes of citrus fruit, white flowers and a hint of greenness. This is a full-bodied wine with minerality and high acidity, together with a salty aftertaste thanks to the chalky soil. Very long in the mouth, with a fresh and elegant finish.
Vegan-friendly
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This is a serious sauvignon blanc that shows excellent depth of limes swathed in a flinty, almost briny background. Oyster shells, chalk, gooseberries and steely green and white stone fruit. A touch of salinity and phenolic structure delivers a gastronomic sensibility. Full-bodied, zingy and broad. Vegan. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
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Vinous
The 2023 Sauvignon Blanc Vetas Blancas is sourced from the Talinay vineyard in the Limarí Valley. This yellow wine offers a fragrant nose with citrusy aromas of lime and lemon, complemented by hints of yellow pepper and mint. Dry, taut and refreshing, the saline palate lingers on the citrus notes—a tasty coastal white.
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Wine Spectator
Clean and refreshing, with mineral and sea spray elements to the succulent peach and citrus notes up front, picking up a salted melon accent midpalate that smooths things out. Reveals passion fruit and cassis flower details, with a mouthwatering finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
Aromas of quince, green apple and citrus fruit merge on the nose of this Sauvignon Blanc. The palate holds a blend of lime, sage, apricot and a subtle note of orange. It’s energetic, has a mineral texture and is a great example of Sauvignon from the northern regions of Chile.
Capable of a vast array of styles, Sauvignon Blanc is a crisp, refreshing variety that equally reflects both terroir and varietal character. Though it can vary depending on where it is grown, a couple of commonalities always exist—namely, zesty acidity and intense aromatics. This variety is of French provenance. Somm Secret—Along with Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc is a proud parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. That green bell pepper aroma that all three varieties share is no coincidence—it comes from a high concentration of pyrazines (herbaceous aromatic compounds) inherent to each member of the family.
Part of the Coquimbo region and a key location for pisco production, the Limari Valley is one of the northern most wine producing regions of Chile. The other two, also part of Coquimbo, are the Elqui and less-developed Choapa Valleys. While more vineyard area is dedicated to pisco production (via the grapes of Muscat of Alexandria, Pedro Jimenez, Moscatel de Asturia and Torontel), the acreage under vine for still wine production has increased. The intense sunlight in the Limari Valley, coupled with little rainfall as well as the cooling effect of the Humboldt Current from the Pacifc Ocean, all make the area ideal for cool climate grapes like Chardonnay and Pinot noir.