Gustavo Riffo "Vina Lomas De Llahuen" Pipeno 2020 1L

Gustavo Riffo "Vina Lomas De Llahuen" Pipeno 2020 1LI dare you to find a better value than Chilean Pipeo wines. Pas, a biotype of Listn Prieto brought to Chile during Spanish colonization in the 16th century, has been made into these juicy, light bodied, rustic country wines for generations. Deriving it's name from the giant open top fermentation vessels these wines are made in (Pipas), Pipeo wines are often bottled early, in liter bottles to celebrate their youthful energy, and intended to be consumed

blood orange and a whiff of smoke

Some of my favorite wines from them have been the 'daughter wines' named after each of their three daughters

The various vintages represent a kaleidoscope of styles and ways of looking at the site

the grape now synonymous with Uruguayan wine production

cranberry and clove

this is very exciting to drink

This process

Origin:Astigarraga

to avoid additives in order to let the grape express itself

a benchmark producer in the Northeastern most region of Italy

I don't think we'd being seeing such fantastic wines coming off the island today if Kermit Lynch hadn't taking such a strong position on producers like Arena and Giacometti several decades ago

Naturally fermented