MAIPO VALLEY
Our mountain vineyards are located in the Maipo high above the valley floor in the foothills of the Andes. In these less hospitable, rarified conditions the vines must work harder to mature their fruit and thus produce fresher berries, with deeper concentration and round yet broad-shouldered tannins. We have spent more than two decades understanding the nature of the soils and the weather of the micro-climates on five different farms and the result are wines with a distinct mountain-grown personality. These wines are: Espino, Espino Gran Cuvèe, Chacai and the latest addition to our Mountain grown family: The Franq Rouge.
THE WINES
The Maipo Valley is famous for producing some of the best Cabernet Sauvignon in the world. We have it. And also Chardonnay and Pinot Noir due to the freshness of our mountainous terroir, and Cabernet Franc and Carmenère in the mountainous piemont for its elegance. We also planted Syrah, Carignan and Tempranillo to mix and add complexity. Finally, our location just across the Uco Valley motivated us to plant Malbec in the easternmost of Chile.
THE LAND
WFC has spent two decades understanding the nature of the soils of the (Muy) Alto Maipo. Work continues, more detailed in its application, and the years of soil studies with Dirt-Doctor Pedro Parra have helped fine tune the many parcels around the farms
THE WINE
Over time, little by little we have learned the arrangement of the land and the path of the fruit: closer to the river the fruit ripens more slowly, then the vines need to be pruned to expose the fruit to the greatest amount of sunlight. Our goal is to express the purity of this mountainy character: simple, elegant and fresh. Therefore, the concept of our brand ESPINO reflects the austerity of the land where we keep in a bottle all this natural fruit.