'14 Pipeño Coronel del Maule Pais 9/53
Maule, Chile
bright, earthy, expressive
He may be a native Burgundian, but Louis-Antoine Luyt has quickly become a seminal voice in the fight for independent, terroir driven winemaking in Chile. In a country where wine production is run almost entirely by enormous industrial wineries, L.A has managed to source fruit and rent vines from independent farmers throughout the Maule Valley. Furthermore, his insistance on dry farming, horse plowing, organic viticulture and native yeast/intervention free winemaking are welcome proof that wines outside of Europe can succesfully be produced with this work philosophy.
This wine is made from very old vine Pais Grapes grown in the Coronel del Maule region of Chile
Pais is also know as Mission, a reference to the pioneers who brought vine to Chile for use in sacremental wine.
The grape is believed to have originated in the Canary Islands where it is currently called Listán Negro.
From his site:
Pipeño - the wines are produced in the most traditional Chilean form, that is to say that the grapes are de-stemmed and then pressed by hand over a “ Zaranda," then vinified in Lagar (open tanks).
The juice is then kept in “pipas," hence the name Pipeño.
Besides Pipeño's own products, Louis-Antoine Luyt has developed a trading activity on pipeños produced by farmers.
In his own words:
http://vimeo.com/96967098
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0N3srtg_64
Maule, Chile
bright, earthy, expressive
He may be a native Burgundian, but Louis-Antoine Luyt has quickly become a seminal voice in the fight for independent, terroir driven winemaking in Chile. In a country where wine production is run almost entirely by enormous industrial wineries, L.A has managed to source fruit and rent vines from independent farmers throughout the Maule Valley. Furthermore, his insistance on dry farming, horse plowing, organic viticulture and native yeast/intervention free winemaking are welcome proof that wines outside of Europe can succesfully be produced with this work philosophy.
This wine is made from very old vine Pais Grapes grown in the Coronel del Maule region of Chile
Pais is also know as Mission, a reference to the pioneers who brought vine to Chile for use in sacremental wine.
The grape is believed to have originated in the Canary Islands where it is currently called Listán Negro.
From his site:
Pipeño - the wines are produced in the most traditional Chilean form, that is to say that the grapes are de-stemmed and then pressed by hand over a “ Zaranda," then vinified in Lagar (open tanks).
The juice is then kept in “pipas," hence the name Pipeño.
Besides Pipeño's own products, Louis-Antoine Luyt has developed a trading activity on pipeños produced by farmers.
In his own words:
http://vimeo.com/96967098
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0N3srtg_64
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