Roberto Henriquez Valle Del Itata Old Vines Rivera del Notro Blanco 2023 PURYEAR spontaneously fermented Verdicchio opens with

spontaneously fermented Verdicchio opens with jasmine and wild herbs

a play on 'ours' (bear) and the family name

Rose petals and geranium meld with raspberry leaf tea

and mineral tension

and his son Pierre is one of our very favorite producers of Meursault

Roberto Henriquez Valle Del Itata Old Vines Rivera del Notro Blanco 2023 PURYEAR spontaneously fermented Verdicchio opens withItata is where Chilean wine actually began, and until pretty recently almost nobody outside Chile knew it. Roberto Henriquez works with white vines here that are around a hundred years old Corinto, which turns out to be Chasselas, alongside Moscatel and Smillon farmed organically and biodynamically. The grapes are destemmed, fermented spontaneously with native yeast in concrete, then aged eleven months in concrete and old barrels. Nothing added,