0
Garage Wine Co Cabernet Franc Pirque Vineyard 2016
7800602132708
$65.99 price per bottle
Derek Mossman, his wife Pilar Miranda, and Dr. Alvaro Pe?a are producing 1,500 cases total per year of old-vine Carignan, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, with fruit sourced from small growers in Maule and Maipo. Winemaking here veers towards the "natural" spectrum - all wines are fermented with native yeast, see no additions of any kind, very little new wood, and are low in sulfites. Punch downs are by hand, and pressing is done in a small traditional basket. You may notice slight variation in bottle thickness and shape if you were to open up cases, as Derek Mossman takes recycling to the next level and actually reuses old bottles, bottling in salvaged, used wine bottles in partnership with a recycling company located near the winery. Derek is also the founder of M. O. V. I. (Movimiento de Vi?ateros Independientes), Chile's exciting, fast-growing association of independent vintners.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ "The 2016 Pirque Vineyard is a little closed but feels very solid. It has varietal and zone character, without excessive mintiness, faintly balsamic. It's still very young, but it seems to have all the ingredients for a great development in bottle, with the textbook tannins. Derek Mossman described it quite accurately as an ?elegant blue-fruited gent with muscles inside a well-cut jacket. ? There you go!" WA 94
| ABV: | - |
| Distillery: | - |
| Vintage: | - |
| Region: | - |
| Size: | - |
| Availability: | In Stock |
| Distributed by: | RDY |
