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 - 2019 Leonardo Erazo, Hombre en Llamas

Price: $30.00
Size: 750ml
Availability: 

24+ in stock

Type of Wine: Red
Grape(s): 100% Carignan
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

Hombre en Llamas Carignan comes from 0.3ha with an average vine age of 31 years (2023) on a soft slope facing east at 270m on orange granite bedrock with a 20cm topsoil of orange clay and large-grain quartz rock both derived from the underlying bedrock.

CELLAR NOTES

Destemmed natural ferment for 3 weeks with 1-2 daily punch downs at 21°C max. Aged 18 months in 30hl cement vat. Sulfites added only at bottling. No fining or filtration.