Pipeño País Blanco, "Portezuelo", Louis-Antoine Luyt
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Organic
Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Pipeño País Blanco, "Portezuelo", Louis-Antoine Luyt - 2022

Item # 51898 1 L

A dry white blend of Muscat, Chasselas, Sémillon, and Torontel. The vines are over 250 years old on sandy clay and granite soil. After spending a week on the skins, this aromatic white has tropical fruit, citrus, minerality, and soft tannins. Pair with cazuela.

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Color
White
Vintage
2022
Country
Chile
Region
Maule
Producer
Louis-Antoine Luyt
Grape Variety
Muscat
Chasselas
Sémillon
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Production Methods

Organic
Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Organic

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

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Staff Pick Notes

True to the pipeño style, this is a supremely easy-going orange wine made from an aromatic field blend grown in the hills of the Itata Valley. The skin contact is long enough to give a snazzy, citrusy boost without adding too much tannic grip to slow you down. Light, dry and unfiltered, this fun bottle is a no-brainer for hosting. After nearly a decade of négociant winemaking in southern Chile, Louis-Antoine Luyt has moved back to his native France. He still comes down to lend a hand and expertise with harvest and vinification of his wines, not to mention help launch new lines, but has entrusted nearly all responsibilities to the winegrowers by this point, which is why you'll find their names featured prominently on the back label. Hats off to Patricio Martinez for knocking this pipeño out of the park!

- BB

Glossary

Chile

Chilean winemakers are known for opening their arms to forgotten European grape varieties, nursing them back to health, and then releasing them back to the rest of the world - and we can’t thank them enough for it. Chile’s friendly, delicious Carmenères are the best example, but Chile is generally one of the most consistent sources of delicious, ready-to-drink, approachable wines. Cabernet Sauvignons from Chile are just as crowd-pleasing as the Carmenères, and keep an eye out for velvety,...

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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.   

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