MOUNTAIN GROWN
MOUNTAIN GROWN
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.
SOUTHERNMOST
SOUTHERNMOST
MALLECO VALLEY
The place is called Quino, a little village in the South of Chile that means "between two rivers". Quino is far, far from the traditional border where wines are produced in Chile. It's valleys are guarded by five ancestral guardians: the volcanos Tolhuaca, Lonquimay, Llaima, Sollipulli y Villarica.
THE VINES
A small plantation of vines 8 years ago was the beginning. In this land of volcanic origin -that belonged to the family for years- rose the challenge of working with a viticulture of little intervention in a place with more than 900mm of rain per year and heavy frosts, that allows to grow a great Chardonnay and a splendid Pinot Noir. More Burgundian than Chilean...wines too.
THE LAND
The land of the South talked about its aptitude for the vines: the quality of the fruits of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay defied a enology that rescued the identity of the wines more for their origin than by their strain. Here the skies are limitless, the horizon measures itself out as far as the eye can see. Amidst the Andean peaks three ancient volcanoes, stand and watch over the SoutherMost vineyards in Chile.
THE WINE
Quino is different than Chile's Central Valley. Here a long vegetative period gives us great citric notes, also minerality and earthy notes from the volcanic soils. If you look for tropical notes...don't drink us.