Roberto Henriquez 'Rivera del Notro' Tinto 2023

Roberto Henriquez 'Rivera del Notro' Tinto 2023Roberto Henrquez is yet another studious voice in this exciting movement in Chilean wine farming. A native of Concepcin, worked with winemakers in Canada and South Africa, but it was in the Loire Valley with Rene Mosse where the bug bit hard, and he gained a new perspective on winemaking and progressive organic and biodynamic farming. The minimalistic Pipeo methods of the original winemakers of Chile felt intuitive to the winemaking style he had

converting the estate to certified organic viticulture in 2007

parmesan rind

They told us

unsurprisingly

All of this is aged separately in amphoras and old oak for half a year before the four wines are merged right before bottling

It's sizzling and stony with dusty apple skin crunch and almond notes

textural red with sumac

blackberry

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It has enough fruit and acid to be refreshing and enough savory and tannin to stand up to complex meals

You'd think that 12 days of skin contact