Viña Echeverria - 'No es Pituko!' - Cabernet Franc - Maule Valley, CL - 2022

Notes from the Winery/Importer

This is vivid and intense: concentrated with juicy black cherry and blackberry fruit with some grippy tannins, a fresh crunchy feel, and good acidity. This is just about primary fruit, and there’s a whole lot of it. I love the freshness and purity here. Serve slightly cool, and although this emphasizes the structure a bit, it also brightens the fruit wonderfully. Think of this like tasting a really good tank sample, with all the latent potential accessible now. 92/100 ​Tasting notes by Dr Jamie Goode MW

•    Yeast: Indigenous
•    Fermentation: Fiberglass tanks
•    Aging: Duration in fiberglass tanks (if specified)
•    Filtration: None
•    Fining: None
•    Sulfites: Specify level if available
•    Production: [Number of cases produced, if available]
•    Vegan: Yes

Origin:
• Chile, Maule Valley
Grape Variety:
• Cabernet Franc, proprietor’s single vineyard grapes from ungrafted selected clones of pre-phylloxera French rootstock.
Harvest:
• Date: April 4th, 2022
• Method: Hand-picked in 18 kg boxes, transported immediately to the winery after cutting, carefully selected before processing.
Winemaking:
• Vegetarian and Vegan
• Manual harvest in 18 kg boxes, transported directly to the winery.
• Destemmed, pressed, and cooled at 8°C.
• Decanted for 24 hours at 8°C prior to fermentation.
• Fermentation with natural yeast in stainless steel tanks between 13–17°C for 25 days.
• Soft pump-over during fermentation to enhance aromas and color.
• Natural malolactic fermentation.
• No stabilization process, no filtration.
• No added sulfites.
• Stored on its lees in stainless steel tanks before bottling.
Analytical Data (Approximate):
• Alcohol: 13.5% by vol.
• Total Acidity: 5.5 grams per liter (Tartaric)
• Residual Sugar: 3 grams per liter
• pH: 3.5

Notes on the Producer

A bit about us...
​We are Viña Echeverria, a family winery in Chile. Maybe you´ve heard of us, maybe not. Since 1992, when our dad went to the London Wine Trade fair with a suitcase full of his homemade wine, we've been making and exporting wine pretty much everywhere in the world. The thing is, a few years ago we started making natural wine, and apparently we´re quite good at it. At least, that's what our customers tell us.
Our winery is in Chile´s Valle de Curico, (on a latitude with South Africa, or New Zealand to give you an idea), in a broad valley between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It's like this corridor of extremely lush agricultural land with very diverse and fertile soil. The mountain and ocean breezes control temperature and regulate the sun during the long, hot summers, helping the vines mature slowly and evolve flavours. Not only that, but we have very few vineyards pests, which means a near perfect environment for organic agriculture.

From a grapes point of view, it doesn't get much better.

All of our natural wines are made according to the following criteria:
THEY ARE MADE FROM SUSTAINABLY FARMED ESTATE GRAPES
THEY ARE NATURALLY FERMENTED WITH YEASTS PRESENT ON THE GRAPE
MADE WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF FOREIGN YEASTS, BACTERIA, SULPHUR, SUGAR OR ACID ADJUSTMENTS.
THEY UNDERGO NO FINING OR FILTRATION
THEIR PACKAGING IS 100% RECYCLABLE (CORK CLOURE AND WAX SEAL)