A new village red produced with Pas grapes from different vineyards in Portezuelo (Itata), Vinista comes from extremely old, dry-farmed vines on granite soils rich in quartz and was cropped from a dry vintage. They used 30% full clusters in the fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and it matured in 5,000-liter oak vats and 3,000-liter concrete vats for 10 to 11 months. His initial idea was to focus on Cinsault, but as he learned more about Pas, he decided he was ready to make his first varietal Pas wine. In this first vintage, he harvested before two big storms to avoid botrytisbecause the Pas bunches often touch the ground, rain during harvest is very dangerous for the variety. This is varietal, clean and expressive. The biggest surprise is the softness of the tannins, and Parra thinks this is due to the good terroirfor Pas, the terroir must have good drainage and no clay. The truth is this wine is surprisingly elegant but doesn’t have great complexity. 6,526 bottles were filled in March 2019.

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• Vintage: 2022 Format: 750ml Minimum Order: 12 bottle Country: Chile Region: Itata/Cauquenes Varietal(s): Pais

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  The 2021 Vinista was produced with Pas grapes from four ancient vineyards, two with volcanic soils in ipas and two on granite from Guarilihue. The grapes fermented slowly with their natural yeasts with 100% full clusters, and the wine matured in oak and concrete vats for 11 months. There is something in common with the Hub here; it has a more evolved color and a more evolved nose, very much la Rayas, with iron and blood, cherries in liqueur and brick dust. This comes from a warmer place but with more soil, half of it basalt, and the granite from ipas is very different from the one from Guarilihue; here, there is fine quartz and lots of silt, which gives more ripeness and Italian tannins. This is outstanding. It’s the finest Vinista to date. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2021.