Wine of the Week

27 June 2005

2002 Merlot, Touchstone, Rapel Valley, Chile, £4.68, Vintage Roots

Wherever you look in red wines under a fiver, you're going to find Chile over-achieving. This one not only tastes smashing, but it's organic! You get a tremendous blast of black plum and blackberry fruit but you also get a rich vegetable flavour of old-fashioned stew, packed with celery, peppercorns and soy sauce. I even thought there was some juniper there.

Taken from Oz Clarke's Wine Buying Guide 2005

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