Winemaker Rafael Urrejola cut his teeth at Vina Leyda so certainly has the know-how to make a fine, characterful Leyda Valley Pinot. This is an elegant example, with perfumed crushed red fruits and a truffled edge, marking it out as a notch above some other, super-slick New World Pinot Noirs - particularly at this price. £11.95

The first Pinot in Undurraga’s Terroir Hunter series is lean, tart and zesty, but also clean and pleasing in its own right. Tea and dried cherry aromas yield to a spunky, lean palate of sharp raspberry and orange peel flavors. Finishes light but clean, with tartness. ——M.S.(6/1/2011)—— 85