Pipeño

The vines are planted near Yumbel in the Secano Interior, on volcanic ash and granite-influenced soils locally known as Trumao; some of the vines are more than 200 years old. The grapes are hand-harvested, traditionally destemmed with a Zaranda and spontaneously fermented in open Raúlí wood vats. The free-run juice matures for several months in Raúlí pipes on the fine lees. The wine is bright and juicy, with red fruit, herbs, smoky-mineral notes, lively acidity, fine tannins and a light to medium body. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered.