2022 VIÑA DOÑA LUISA País Sísmico

Region: Bio Bio Valley < Chile

Grape: País (aka Mission)

Vineyard/Cellar Stats: 200+ year old vines on black volcanic sand soils; organic farming, short maceration and fermentation in traditional rauli vats; unfined/unfiltered with no added SO2; zero zero; 11.9% ABV

• Tiny family-run estate in Chile
• From 200+ year old, pre-phylloxera vines!
• Called País Sismico (Seismic Country), this is extreme volcanic wine from earthquake central
• Smoke and flint weave through a pretty basket of strawberries
• Light, chillable red
• Zero-zero

More about VIÑA DOÑA LUISA:
This vineyard, one of the oldest in Chile's Bio Bio valley, has been in the hands of the Cea family (Patricio Cea, his wife Doña Luisa and their son Bastián) for more than six generations. After years of city life, Patricio returned to the family estate and undertook the arduous task of saving the century-old vines, almost swallowed by native forest. Little by little, the vines responded to Cea's care, which Viña Doña Luisa turns into wines made with minimal intervention, respecting the spirit that still prevails in the area.