Rogue Vine "Grand Itata" Blanco - 2022

Name: Rogue Vine "Grand Itata" Blanco
Brand: Rogue Vine
SKU: 39005
Price: 19.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 39005 750 mL

Far from your typical Chilean wine, this aromatic white blend is made from old vines of Moscatel, Riesling and Chasselas. The wine is dry and lean yet has honeyed fruit on the palate, chappy minerality and a slight tannic grip. The wine macerates on the skin for two days and is fermented with native yeast and aged in neutral barrel.

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Color

White

Vintage

2022

Country

Chile

Region

Itata

Producer

Rogue Vine

Grape Variety

Moscatel

Chasselas

Riesling

Production Methods

Organic

Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

A collaboration between Chilean winemaker Leo Erazo and Indiana born Justin Decker, the Rogue Vine Grand Itata Blanco is a unique, fragrant treat. Sporting a beautiful golden color and enticing notes of lychee and stone fruit, its a very pretty wine that I enjoyed even more than I expected. Most Chilean white wines I've had have either been Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc, but this blend of Moscatel, Riesling, and Sémillon is a welcome change of pace. The grapes are grown from old vines and are hand harvested with minimal intervention or use of sulphur. Located outside of the city of Concepción (about 300 miles south of Santiago), the terroir's granite-laden soils give this wine a nice rocky minerality to balance out the floral nose. A lovely aromatic white wine that will taste great alongside some pad thai or a little summertime ceviche.

- MM

Glossary

Chile

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Riesling

Though the trend is now in the other direction, for many years Riesling was known for producing wines with little alcohol and some residual sugar - too sweet for many modern wine drinkers. Though it's now cultivated worldwide, Riesling is nearly synonymous with German wine, and that country's winemakers have lately begun to produce some very exciting dry versions. They are careful to retain the delightful honeyed, flinty flavors that the best sweet Rieslings have always displayed. Alsace, of...

Chasselas

A white grape grown all over the world, including Alsace, the Loire, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Italy. The best Chasselas wines, however, are produced in Switzerland, where the grape is called Fendant and is the most widely planted variety in the country. When made well, Chasselas is soft, welcoming and easy to drink.

Blanco

White tequila, an official type (tipo) for tequila bottled fresh from the still, or allowed to rest in stainless steel tanks for up to sixty days before bottling. It is never aged in wooden barrels. Also known as plata, plato, and silver tequila. Usually the most robust, strong-flavoured of the tequila types.