Viña Errazuriz, one of Chile’s premier family wine estates, is the proud sponsor of the Wine Photographer of the Year competition – a category within the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition, which has grown from strength to strength since its inception.
The judging of the Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year 2015 has begun, so we have chosen three wines to represent each sub-category of the competition: People, Place and Product.
The winners will be announced at the Mall Galleries, London on Wednesday 6 May 2015
People – Errazuriz The Blend White 2011
RRP £22
Waitrose.com, The Wine Reserve
Errazuriz The Blend White 2011 is a fresh and complex wine. A superior white with aromas of liquorice, almonds, pear and honey. Delicious.
The Blend White 2011 has been chosen for the man behind the wine: chief winemaker, Francisco Baettig. Each year, Francisco is given free rein to select from the best and most interesting parcels from the Errazuriz vineyards to put together an unconventional blend. The philosophy behind the wine is to create a wine that is greater than the sum of its parts. The Blend White is a Rhone inspired wine made up of 55% Roussanne, 30% Marsanne and 15% Viognier.
Place – Errazuriz Aconcagua Costa Pinot Noir 2011
RRP £17.99
Harrods.com, Stone Vine & Sun, Cheers Wine Merchants, The Oxford Wine Company, The Wine Reserve, Wimbledon Wine Cellars
Errazuriz Aconcagua Costa Pinot Noir 2011 is a deep ruby-red colour with subtle notes of red fruits and wild strawberries. This is a wonderful, elegant wine.
This wine is all about the place or terroir, namely the rolling hills of the Manzanar vineyard just 12km from the Pacific Ocean. This Pinot Noir benefits from the morning mists and cooling coastal breezes of that site, and vinified with wild yeasts for added complexity, the result is an elegantly fruit dominant wine with great balance and structure.
Product – Errazuriz Estate Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
RRP £9.99
Waitrose.com, Morrisons.com, Asda.com, Booths, Bargain Booze, buywholefoodsonline.co.uk
Errazuriz Estate Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 is an intense and full bodied wine with flavours of soft vanilla and fresh blackcurrant. Aromas of cranberries, cherries, spice and tobacco add to the complexity. Superb.
This red is the best-selling red wine in the Errazuriz range and therefore very fitting for the Product category. Chile originally made its reputation with great Cabernet Sauvignon and this wine will show you exactly how good it can be; a full bodied dry red wine with ripe, soft blackcurrant fruit, silky tannins and a long elegant finish.
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year, the world’s leading awards recognising the art and diversity of food photography, is open to all, professional and amateur, old and young.
www.pinkladyfoodphotographeroftheyear.com
