Outstanding Scores for Torres

Outstanding Scores for Torres

James Suckling, one of the world’s most influential wine critics, has highlighted Viña Miguel Torres in his 2025 report with outstanding scores that reaffirm their commitment to excellence and quality.

Los Inquietos 01, Field Blend – 96/100 pts

Miguel Torres are widely recognised for their desire to create unmatched wines with great personality, an approach that is reflected in Inquietos. Made with native yeasts, minimal intervention and a long ageing in German oak barrels, it disregards the conventions of what is possible to create a truly exceptional wines.

‘This is really something special. A scented nose of excellent depth, with minerals, white pepper, rosemary, Mediterranean herbs and fresh red and sour blue fruit. No fruit sweetness, with minerally, fibrous tannins and bright acidity. A lengthy and pristine finish. Very precise. A field blend of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and some Romano (Cesar) planted in 1945 on granitic soil. Aged in second-used foudres. Around 6,000 bottles made.’ – James Suckling

Manso de Velasco, Cabernet Sauvignon – 95/100 pts

Manso de Velasco was one of the first (if not the first) to plant Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in the Curicó Valley.   After Miguel Torres acquired the property in 1984, the vineyard was named Viñedo del Gobernador Manso de Velasco in honour of Curicó’s founder, José Manso de Velasco, who established the city in 1743.

‘This wine is pure with a sense of transparency. Aromas of tobacco leaves, fine spices, herbs and berries in great depth. Fine, chalky tannins pack up the palate, withmineral tension and savoriness. Long and precise. The best ever of this bottling? From cabernet sauvignon planted in 1902’. – James Suckling

Founded in 1979, Miguel Torres is proud to be one of the first foreign wine companies to buy land in Chile and the first to build a winery.

In 1979 the Torres family purchased 100 hectares of vineyard in Maquehua, San Francisco Norte and Cordillera, together with a winery in the Curicó Valley. Miguel Torres brought with him his family’s long tradition of winemaking and over 140 years of winemaking history. The Chilean Central Valley has an ideal climate for top quality viticulture. This Phylloxera-free region is dominated by the presence of the Andes, their peaks crowned with permanent snow. The difference in temperatures between day and night provides the optimum conditions for development of the grapes and increases their ability to retain their fine aromas.

The family brought innovations to the local wine making traditions by introducing stainless steel tanks and French oak barrels. Today, Miguel Torres Chile is also committed to organic vine growing as well as achieving Fair Trade certification for various wines.