A Los Viñateros Bravos

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Leo Erazo’s Los Viñateros Bravos and his eponymous label wines come from the Guarilihue area of Chile’s Itata Valley, the first settlement of Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th century who brought their own vines. Dominated by ancient pink/orange granite dating from the Cretaceous period and younger volcanic soils, the minimalist and naturalist, Leonardo Erazo, practices organic, biodynamic, and dry farming with the own-rooted, ancient 150-300-year-old País bush vines. All the wines are vinified with spontaneous fermentations in concrete (eggs, spheres, and more), amphoras, large wood vats and food-grade polymer containers, and they’re pressed in a vertical, wooden press.

A Los Vinateros Bravos - 2022 Granitico Cinsault

Price: $23.00
Size: 750ml
Availability: 

Out of stock

Type of Wine: Red
Grape(s): 100% Cinsault
Style: Medium Body, Elegant and Aromatic

GROWER OVERVIEW

Leo Erazo’s Los Viñateros Bravos and his eponymous label wines come from the Guarilihue area of Chile’s Itata Valley, the first settlement of Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th century who brought their own vines. Dominated by ancient pink/orange granite dating from the Cretaceous period and younger volcanic soils, the minimalist and naturalist, Leonardo Erazo, practices organic, biodynamic, and dry farming with the own-rooted, ancient 150-300-year-old País bush vines. All the wines are vinified with spontaneous fermentations in concrete (eggs, spheres, and more), amphoras, large wood vats and food-grade polymer containers, and they’re pressed in a vertical, wooden press.

VINEYARD DETAILS

Granitico Cinsault comes from 2ha of Cinsault with an average vine age of 70 years (2023) on a steep slope facing east to the morning sun at 250m on granite bedrock and 60cm of clay topsoil derived from the underlying bedrock.

CELLAR NOTES

Partial whole cluster (~30%) natural ferment for 3 weeks with 1-2 daily punch downs at 25°C max. Aged 12 months in 30hl cement vat. Sulfites added only at bottling. No fining or filtration.

About The Wine

These 60-year-old Cinsault vines thrive in Itata’s cold climate and dry farmed granitic soils. Leo knows exactly how to transport what is in the vineyard into the bottle. Fermented in concrete with only a touch of SO2 at bottling, the results are pure and exhilarating, with delicious red currant, clove, rose petal, and a slightly smoky finish.