Vina Maitia Aupa Pipeno
Pais, Carignan
| Vintage: | 2017 |
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| Winery: | Vina Maitia |
| Description: | Pipeño is the traditional method of winemaking in Chile, which dates back to the late 16th century. The Aupa Pipeño from Viña Maitia is an old school blend of 80% País (aka Mission/Listan Negro/Criolla Grande) and 20% Carignan from a 10 hectare, 120-year-old, dry farmed vineyard in the Maule Valley of Chile. This valley benefits from a Mediterranean-like climate where high temperatures in the summer are cooled by the breeze from the Humboldt Current in the Pacific Ocean. Pipeño is a very rustic wine, especially when produced with País, a sacramental grape which was the first grape planted in the Americas, brought here by the Spanish. The País grapes are removed from the clusters manually by being hit over a zaranda, a metal grid that acts as destemmer and press, to a traditional concrete vat, where a natural yeast fermentation takes place. The Carignan is fermented with whole clusters, and then the blend is aged briefly in concrete before bottling into flint glass at a 12.9% ABV with small amounts of sulfur. |
| Price: | $ 10.94 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from Rye Brook Wine & Spirit Shop
| Address: |
259 South Ridge St Rye Brook, NY 10573 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 914-939-7511 |
| Fax: | 914-939-7019 |
First added to 1000 Corks on July 4, 2018.
This product was inactivated February 2, 2022.
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