Tara

The nose is cucumber and lime skin, grapefruit and cashew fruit. The palate is rounded and so balanced, sweet fruit with salty notes and such balance and poise — fresh and with weight, sweetness and a white peach fruit note. This has everything: saltiness and balance, weight and freshness. Textured, saline, powerful yet discreet. A paradox in the glass — possibly the best expression yet for this fascinating project.

Tara White Wine 1 is a selection of the two vineyards that Ventisquero has on the coasts of the Huasco Valley, on the banks of the Huasco River, at the beginning of the Atacama Desert. These extreme conditions, a desert that looks out to the sea, give wines with tremendous character, saline notes, sweet ripe fruit, penetrating acidity, and a texture like cream. This version of Tara White Wine 1 was aged for 20 months, half in untoasted foudres and half in concrete eggs, all with its lees, and that is evident in what is beyond the fruit, the spicy and toasted notes. A delight full of character.