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If you’re the kind that thinks all Indian wine is rubbish, then think again
says Karina Aggarwal.
There’s a host of wineries making quality wines at very affordable prices in
the country . We’ve scouted the market to find ten of the best – some y ou
may know, a few y ou may not, but all that y ou should definitely consider
for y our next wine night.
Chandon Estate
This is what y ou get when the world’s
most popular Champagne house – Moet
& Chandon - decides to make a foray
into a new wine-making region and
launches Chandon India. Although they
only launched last y ear the project had
been simmering for a while. The two
sparkling wines are made using the same
method as is used to make Champagne
and have become the new benchmark
for all others to come.
Price: Chandon Brut (Rs 1,200) and
Chandon Brut Rosé (Rs 1,400) in
Maharashtra and Delhi.
Grover Zam pa Rosé Soirée
Surprisingly the most luscious sparkling rosé to be found on the market,
this wine shows great aromas and a lovely texture, one that balances
prickly acidity and creamy red fruit jam flavours. As the name suggests, a
great wine for all kinds of fun get-together’s.
Price: Rs 1,125 in Maharashtra. Also available in Karnataka, Goa,
Rajasthan and Chandigarh.
Charosa Viognier
One of the newer wineries to make a mark – and boy have they made a
strong one at that – is Charosa Viney ards. Based in Nashik, they have
launched some of the most qualitative range of wines to have come from a
single winery . The Viognier is fast-becoming a popular white grape in
India and theirs is the best to be had right now.
Price: Rs 7 50 in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.
Fratelli Sangiovese Bianco
India’s most promising house currently , Fratelli, made heads turn when
they made a white wine out of red grapes! A first for India, it is a rare feat
(even in Italy where the grape comes from), and the final product was one
that smells light and tastes crisp like a white wine but then also shows
some richness in the after-taste like a red wine. Try it, if for nothing, then
to at least put a tick in a very unusual box.
Price: Rs 695 in Mumbai and most major cities across the country .
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York Zinfandel Rosé
Few houses take their
rosé wines extremely
seriously and even
fewer consumers think
of them as any thing
more than picnic wine.
Well, whatever is y our
reason to reach out for
one, the version from
Y ork is a very friendly wine that can be enjoy ed as a day time aperitif and
also with some light summer meals. It has every thing y ou’d expect from a
good rosé – fruit, freshness and the ability to make y ou reach out for one
glass after another.
Price: Rs 500 in Maharashtra.
Charosa T em pranillo
Tempranillo is the main grape of Spain and now Charosa has adapted it to
Indian climate. Currently it is the only pure Tempranillo wine by an Indian
winery that is available in the market, and the Charosa version is a reserve
wine, which means it was aged in oak as well. A very classy , easy -drinking
wine with fruity , toasty notes at a very affordable price.
Price: Rs 1,500 in Maharashtra
Krsm a Cabernet Sauvignon
Krsma has been a
dream in the making
for many decades and
when it launched in
January 2014, the
Hampi Hills-based
winery made quite the
impact with wine
critics and seasoned
consumers alike. The
Cabernet Sauvignon
from the house of
Krsma is one of the
most concentrated full-
bodied wines to come
from India.
Price: The wine is currently available only in Bangalore at Rs 1,600.
Fratelli Sette
Sette is the reserve red from Fratelli v iney ards. Every y ear the winemaker
Piero Masi chooses the best grapes from their 250-acre v iney ards and
blends them together in barrels until he reckons they are ready . The
current Sette, the 2010 is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese and
Cabernet Franc. It is one of the few Indian red wines that has managed to
hold its own against a number of international wines.
Price: Rs 1,650 in Maharashtra.
Grover-Zam pa Chêne
Another Indian red wine to be proud of, the Chêne is currently the most
expensive wine in the market. But not just the price, even in taste, the wine
shows a certain
superlative quality .
More about smoky -
toasty notes with some
ripe fruit to follow, this
is the kind of wine that
can pair with any form
of a rich meal y ou
might throw its way .
Price: Rs 1,7 00 in Maharashtra.
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Vallonné Vin de
Passerillage
Passerillage is the
process of dry ing fresh
grapes in the shade to
shrivel them up a bit in
order to concentrate
the sugars. The
resulting wine is a thick
sweet liquid gold.
Never made in large
quantities and never to be drunk in large measures either, enjoy
Vallonné’s Vin de Passerlliage absolutely chilled with a dessert, or just by
itself and call it dessert!
Price: Rs 810 per 37 5 ml bottle in Mumbai, Goa and Pune.
From the sparkling to the sweet, Indian wines have come a long way , and
there’s even further to go. Until then, here’s a quick tip – when buy ing an
Indian wine, pick wines from the last two to three y ears as opposed to
older v intages. Salut!
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