Roberto Henriquez Pais Franco 2022 750ml

País Franco comes from Roberto Henríquez, who grew up in Concepción, Chile. He worked in the Loire with René Mosse, in France, Canada and South Africa, and alongside Louis-Antoine Luyt, then came home in 2015 to farm old, ungrafted País in Bío Bío. He farms the vineyard but does not own it.

It's 100% País from own-rooted vines (franco means ungrafted), grown on an old dry riverbed about 800 meters from the Bío Bío River, with alluvial topsoil over black basaltic sand. The fruit is destemmed and fermented with native yeasts, aged about five months in steel and old barrels, and bottled without fining or filtration. The farming follows organic and biodynamic principles. It's 13% alcohol.

It's light to medium-bodied and translucent, with red berries and fresh herbs.

Against De Martino Gallardia Cinsault, País Franco is the ungrafted old-vine País; for a low-sulfur, natural-leaning Chilean red, choose País Franco.

Serve it lightly cool, with grilled chicken.

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