Pinot Noir grows well in a select few locations in the world, and the Casablanca Valley in Chile is right up there on this list.

Casablanca lies between Santiago inland and Valparaiso on the coast. Between its volcanic soils and cooling ocean breezes, it’s Pinot Noir growing heaven.

The grapes for this wine come from a well-kept vineyard on the ocean side of the valley, and every afternoon an ocean breeze blows through, which lowers the temperature by 5 degrees. This is just what Pinot grapes love - a wide variation in temperature and long growing season.

And the vines grow on poor soils on the slopes, which means they give pretty low yields by Chilean standards (8-9 tons per hectare). So you get lovely concentrated Pinot flavours in the grapes.

Connie has been buying these grapes for 20 years, so she knows exactly what to do with them in the winery. Everything is handled gently and slowly, and then the wine is aged in 3rd-4th use French oak for 15 months.

You land up with a wine that’s intense, spicy, a touch creamy, and full of red fruits - exactly what good Pinot should taste like (IMHO).

And because it’s made in Chile and not France - this quality is yours for an absolute snip.