A blend of Grenache Noir
The 2021 Smith-Madrone Estate Chardonnay is barrel-fermented and aged 10 months in 50% new French oak from the estate's coolest north-facing slopes at elevation
Two weeks of semi-carbonic maceration in concrete
or even tasted accompanied only by a sage leaf and on ice
This is a true masterclass on chardonnay and its only the entry level bottling
2022 Caique Maravilla Pipeno, 1Liter Sangiovese A blend of Grenache NoirRed cherry, almond, smoke, and earthy spice light bodied, bright, rustic, and wildly alive. 100% Pas from vines up to 250 years old on volcanic trumao soil, hand harvested, destemmed with a traditional bamboo zaranda, fermented in open top vats of Raul (native Chilean pink oak). No fining, no filtering, no sulfur. Organically dry farmed. Manuel Moraga is the seventh generation steward of this farm his ancestor arrived from the Canary Islands in 1750