Viñateros Bravos 'Granítico' Cinsault 2021

A wine of pleasure and one to be mulled over. Very pretty in style with hints of violets and loaded with currants and cherries leaning into a medium-bodied palate of dried herbs and delicate peppery notes. Fresh finish. Brilliant just slightly chilled.

The old Itata Hills are a fantastic place. The terroir potential for making wines here with special character is terrific, and the way Leonardo Erazo works is to bring that sense of a place into the bottle. This region has a beautiful heritage with historic old vineyards planted over volcanic or granitic soils with a lot to say and tell.

A Los Vinateros Bravos want to communicate that message by returning to the artisan methods of organic viticulture, and by means of sympathetic natural winemaking. “We feel like we don’t need to fix nature but rather enhance her capabilities, to enhance her potential. We want wines full of life, vibrancy, tension, freshness, and joy”. Farming is organic, the ancient bush vines are unirrigated and since the vineyards are impossible to work with tractors all the work is manually done or with horses.