Location: the village of Yumbel, in the Bío-Bío Valley in Southern Chile.

Owner & winemaker: Manuel Moraga Gutierrez

Vineyard area: 16 hectares of vines on volcanic soils — part of Manuel’s sprawling 80 hectare farm, where the climate is excellent for growing fruit and vegetables thanks to hot days and cool, dry nights. The farm is covered in fruit and nut trees: almond, walnut, orange, fig, cherry, apple, apricot, pear, peach, and more; there are abundant vegetable gardens, as well as chickens and cattle on the farm. 

Vineyard management: Dry-farmed, minimally pruned, and grown organically — some of his pre-phylloxera vines are over 250 years old! 

Soils: Volcanic, extremely fertile

Juicy and refreshing with high acidity, a slight tannic grip, complex minerality, and a touch of pleasant bitterness. Some tasters note a subtle salty, cider-like, or sour-beer charm

Bright tropical and aromatic fruits like mango, ripe tangerine, orange peel, and lemon, alongside floral notes of sweet chamomile

Winemaking: Hand-harvest only, with red grapes de-stemmed and fermented on indigenous yeasts in open-top vats of Raulí (a native pink Chilean oak) to keep the wines light and fresh. White grapes spend one week to two months macerating on the skins in Raulí. No fining, no filtering, no added SO2.