Viña Garcés Silva

Amayna Cordón Huinca Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Die Winzerfamilie Garcés Silva zählt zu den Qualitätspionieren im chilenischen Valle de Leyda. Die Cool-Climate-Weinberge liegen nur gut zehn Kilometer vom Pazifik entfernt am Fusse des Küstengebirges. Winemaker Diego Rivera wurde 2023 von Tim Atkin MW als „Jung-Önologe des Jahres“ ausgezeichnet.

Diego Rivera uses grapes from two neighbouring hillside parcels that face east and west to make this effortlessly complex expression of Leyda Valley Sauvignon Blanc. Pairing stainless steel and concrete egg components, it’s as close as Chile gets to Pouilly-Fumé in style, with remarkable focus and precision, flavours of greengage, fennel and elderflower and a thrilling, tapering finish.

Opening with a deeper, more herbal bouquet than its Sauvignon Blanc counterparts in the lineup, the 2025 Amayna Sauvignon Blanc Cordón Huinca takes the house's signature high-fidelity rendering to another level, with a faintly creamy backdrop supporting the bouquet's striking purity. It is the most dense and textured of the Sauvignon Blanc offerings by a considerable degree, yet it sacrifices none of the energy of linear focus that defines the range. The finish is bright, layered and weightlessly intense, making for a genuinely impressive expression of Leyda Valley.

Chalky energy on the nose of sliced apples, guavas and touches of warm bread and flint. Medium- to full-bodied with a tense center palate and a long, lightly saline finish. Still round and fruity, but gastronomic in nature. Sustainable. Drink now.