This is a blend of 95% Cinsault and 5% País, hand-harvested from vines planted in 1960. The whole berries are fermented with native yeast, and the wine is aged in neutral oak.
The nose shows bright red fruits of raspberry and strawberry with rose petals and hints of fresh florest floor. The palate...
65% Cinsault, 30% Pais, and 5% Carignan from small plots planted between 1800-1960 in granite soils. Grapes are hand-harvested, left 10% whole cluster and fermented and aged for eight months in concrete spheres.
Cinsault 85%, Pais 8%, Malbec 5%, Carignan 2%. Sourced from multiple small vineyards from vines that average 65 years of age, grown in granite soils. 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. Both are farmed lutte raisonée. After a 10-day cold soak, the wine was made in...
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. Both are farmed lutte raisonée. After a 10-day cold soak, the wine was made in...
88% Pinot Noir and 12% Cinsault. Sourced from Viñedo Larqui, amongsts 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.
100% Cinsault from a 60-80-year-old vineyard with granitic soil. 50% foot-stomped, 50% hand de-stemmed with zaranda, fermented in open-top Rauli tank, aged in cement galileo.
This is classic Itata Pais, from granitic/volcanic soils, influenced by the coolness of the Pacific. Made in concrete from native yeasts, and very lightly filtered, it is pure, with a subtle smokiness typical of the grape.
