Cinsault

Masintín · Valle del Itata, Chile

Exceptional expression of old Cinsault vines from the Itata Valley in Chile. The wine is fruit forward with presence of red fruits such as raspberry and cherry. The wine also shows beautiful minerality from the granitic soil it comes from.

Farming
Organic/biodynamic/in conversion

Harvest Method
Hand harvest

Varietal
95% Cinsault and 5% Cariñena.

Age of Vineyard
Planted in 1960

Vessel
Used barrels and cocciopesto amphorae

Vineyard Yield
45 to 50 hl/ha

Soil Type
Granitic slopes

Annual Production
6.772 bottles

Vinification
Grapes were hand harvested and de-stemmed, fermented with native yeasts in concrete and cocciopesto amphoras during 18 days at 24 to 26°C with the help of punch downs and pump overs. Total maceration time was 25 days. After maceration 13% of the wine went to used barrels, 7% to stainless steel tanks and 80% was aged in cocciopesto amphoras during 10 months prior bottling.