February 16, 2023
Good wine doesn’t have to be expensive. Here are three right around $20 — two of them for less, actually — that provide high value for their price. We begin with a racy New Zealand sauvignon blanc, generous with its fruit basket of flavors. We follow with two restrained reds that reward our patience by unfurling nuance with time — a delightful pinot noir from Chile’s Casablanca Valley, enjoying the cool maritime influence of the Pacific Ocean, and a brooding old-vine red from France’s Rhône Valley.
GREAT VALUE
This sauvignon blanc shows the raciness we’ve come to expect from New Zealand savvie, without the vegetal jalapeño notes we sometimes get. Expect a fruit salad on the palate: mango and passion fruit join apricot and tart red currants. Each time I came back to my glass, the melange of flavors shifted to something new and delicious. Pair this with any seafood dish. Certified sustainable. Alcohol by volume: 12.5 percent. Bottle weight: 540 grams (Average).
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