100% Pinot Noir, farmed biodynamically, from a single vineyard. The vines are 15 years old, and grow in granitic soils at just over 1,000 feet elevation. Aged and fermented completely in concrete egg.
From the Refugio vineyard, a 6-acre plot planted in 2006 at an altitude of 820 feet in granitic soils and farmed biodynamically. This 100% Pinot Noir is hand-harvested; spontaneously fermented, then aged in stainless steel and concrete egg. Aged three months in bottle prior to release.
A blend of 40% Moscatel, 40% Torrontel and 20% País. The Moscatel and the Torrontel are co-fermented on the skins (60 days); the País juice is then added with skins of their other white wine. Aged 6 months in Rauli (a Chilean wood).
The terrible floods of the Maule River in 2023 hit Gonzales Bastias hard. Their vineyards were flooded, although luckily, without damage to the plants, since their advanced age withstand such ocasional disasters. But their cellar and winery were wrecked. As a result they felt “headless”, and...
The fruit comes from a bi-centenary vineyard, and the wine is made the same way as the Matorral— pressed by hand in bamboo ‘sieves’ or zarandas, then fermented in open-top cement vats— but is aged in tinaja, or amphora.
100% estate País from a 200-year-old single vineyard in the Maule region; pressed by hand in bamboo ‘sieves’ or zarandas. Fermented in open-top cement vats and aged in old wood large barrels.
88% Pinot Noir and 12% Cinsault. Sourced from Viñedo Larqui, a 4.5-acre vineyards planted between 1998-2008 in granitic soils at 330 feet altitude. Farmed lutte raisonée. After a 10-day cold soak, the wine was made in concrete; aged on the lees for 12 months and bottled lightly filtered.
92% Pinot noir and 8% Cinsault. Sourced from Pucalan and Larqui vineyards (about 10 acres total). Viñedo Larqui was planted in 1998 on paleozoic calcareous and sandy soils; Pucalan, planted in 2008, has granitic soil. After a 10-day cold soak, the wine was made in concrete and stainless; aged on...
Cabernet Sauvignon from Grillos Cantores, a 25-acre vineyard planted in 1993 on alluvial soils at an altutude of 1380 feet. Farmed lutte raisonée. After a 10-day cold soak, the wine was made in a combination of concrete and stainless steel; and aged 18 months on the lees. Bottled lightly filtered.
