Wine Type: Dry White

(2025) Miguel Torres (the man) has a deep felt commitment to sustainability and environmental causes, and this wine from a small new range is the first time his Chilean wines have been shipped to the UK in bulk, for local bottling. For many producers that's a cost-saving measure, but I believe the 40% saving to CO₂ emissions that it brings is a driving force. The wine is also packed in a lightweight bottle for onward transport. That's the main point of interest here really: don't get me wrong, it's a punchy and well-balanced Sauvignon with plenty of grassy freshness and juicy peach and tropical fruit, but the message behind it is the main reason it's featured as Wine of the Week. Watch the video for more information.

(2025) The Old Vines Reserve comes from 30-year-old vineyards planted with the Mendoza clone of Chardonnay, and sees just a little more oak than the regular Chardonnay - but still only 35% new oak. It has a nuttiness and a little hint of honey on the nose, some buttered toast in the background and ripe and nutty apple fruit edged by lemon rind. In the mouth it marries quite substantial weight and fruit density with a lightness from the modest 13.5% alcohol and squeeze of orange and lime acidity to brighten.

(2025) Fresh and candied pears spring to mind on first sniff of this, a little spicy orange peel note comes through. The palate has plenty of fruit concentration and texture, again ripe pear and a touch of something creamy, but cut by zesty acidity. It's a really nice example this, in a richer style that pays a passing nod to Austria, but finishes with brightness and a frisson of energy.

(2025) There's a burgeoning sense of richness and intensity in this Pinot Gris, something like melon skins or lime peel that gives an impression of phenolic ripeness. In the mouth a tiny bit of residual sugar helps with that sense of richness, but the fleshy peach fruit runs into that fruit skin grippiness and texture again to give this some heft. Well balanced by its clean, tangy acidity into quite a long finish.

(2025) The driest of the range of Rieslings on show here with only around 4g/l of residual sugar, and another lovely 2024 example. Sherbetty, limey and shimmering in the glass and on the nose, the searing core of citrus acidity drives this wine into a mouth-watering place, just enough of a hint - a mere hint - of sweetness to blunt that keenly honed edge, in a textural and quite luscious yet pin-sharp wine.

(2025) From high altitude vineyards, this comes from an early ripening vintage and is made in stainless steel. There's a hint of mealy richness on the nose, of limey fruit skins too with a sense of some minerality and weight. The palate has a touch of sweet Mandarin orange, but firm, slightly salty acids and again, citrus peel directness, gives this quite a steely finish to balance the river mid-palate fruit.

(2025) From the Premier Cru vineyard of A Malosa in the village of Éntoma at 600 metres, this spent three month on fine lees in stainless steel, foudres and 500-litre French oak barrels. It's a particularly intense Godello, with a typical mineral salts zippiness, but quite rich white fruit aromas, crunchy apple, but a certain silkiness to the texture that gives it a supple, mouth-filling presence.

(2025) From a very old dry-farmed vineyard in Piekenierskloof, this is a multi-vintage blend (though Ken has now started a Solera for future editions) handled as gently as possible: natural yeasts, unfiltered, unfined, with only seven barrels produced. It has become one of my favourite wines in his portfolio, embodying all the best aspects of lightly earthy, kaolin clay-like natural wine with crystal clear fruit flavours and thrilling balance. Fabulous stuff.

(2025) Just bottled, so un-labelled and not released at time of tasting, this promises to be a cracking vintage of the always lovely FMC Chenin. It is now in the UK at around £40 per bottle. The creaminess of French oak, about 50% new, is apparent in a wine aged for a year in barrel on the lees. The fruit is pristine, already hinting at honey, with ripe and juicy yellow apple and a hint of apricot. One of the world's great Chenins.

(2025) Always such a treat when Ken pulls out an aged version of this affordable wine, the surprise that comes with an 18-year-old wine tasting so brilliant, yet the current release can be had for £15. Drinking absolutely beautifully, I find this Riesling-like in many ways - not petrol, but waxy and with a touch of honey, the palate still fresh as a daisy and so well balanced. What a treat.