MASINTÍN Cinsault 2021

71% of this Cinsault comes from two vineyards in Los Castaños, planted in 2002 and 1930, located 23 km from the Pacific Ocean. These vines thrive on a granitic hillside of the coastal mountain range, with a northwest-facing exposure. The remaining 29% comes from a south-facing vineyard in Bularco, planted in 1960, also rooted in granitic soil. Both plots are dry-farmed, ungrafted and pruned using the traditional gobelet vine training system.

Grapes

100% Cinsault

Tasting notes

Fleshy, stony, intense and focused, with the freshness of Guarilihue Alto, flavours of grapefruit, pomegranate and orange peel, and a gentle whisper of oak.

Vinification

Grapes were hand harvested and destemmed. Whole berries were added to the fermentation vats and gently extracted their complex components using punch downs and pump-overs. Total maceration time was 24 days. After maceration, 80% of the wine went to concrete tanks, 12% to a clay amphora, and 8% was aged in used French oak barrels for 11 months prior to bottling.

Region

Itata Valley, Chile

ABV

13.6%