2021 Pedro Parra y Familia "Imaginador" Cinsault, Itata Valley, ChileABOUT THIS WINE IMAGINADOR is a wine that was in my imagination many years ago, when I discovered the great potential of Itata terroir. This wine comes from 4 different growers I source, all in the upper part of the hills, over granitic soils. All the sites were planted more than 200 years ago, with vines 45 to 70 years old, and so, the vineyard share a long history. All blocks are supposed to be Cinsault, but because of the history they all are

In detail that means that the use of additives plays no role in the winemaking philosophy

or the coeur de cuvée

at harvest

Working with Vinhos Barbeito

but most common vessels include

the Estate only cultivates its top 16 hectares under vineyards

which is illustrated on the label

Meursault and Monthelie

the VORS soleras were bought by Osborne and moved to El Puerto de Santa Maria

Edmund began bottling estate wines in 1910

In painting

It is only since 2011 that Pierre de Benoîst and Aubert de Villaine have been running a small plot of very old vines of the famous 1 st cru Grésigny