Louis-Antoine Luyt Pipeño Blanco 'Carrizal'

REGION:  Santiago

APPELLATION: Maule Valley

SIZE: Liter

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 insistence on dry farming, horse plowing, organic and native yeast/intervention free winemaking are welcome proof that wines outside of Europe can successfully be produced with this type of old world work philosophy.

Super aromatic with tons of pineapple, orange, sage and minerality. The palate is soft and creamy but with some balanced texture and a bit of bitterness.