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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Carmenere is sourced from two sections of Invina Batuco vineyard in the Maule Valley of Chile. The Batuco Vineyard is a thirty-year-old vineyard site that is own-rooted and situated in a small sub-valley on the eastern side of coastal mountains.
85% Carmenere, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Syrah...
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.
