Pedro Parra Imaginador Itata Valley Cinsault 2019

Pedro Parra Imaginador Itata Valley Cinsault 

Region: Itata Valley, Southern Region, Chile

Vintage: 2019

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Cinsault 

ABV: 13.5%

Aromas of cranberry and wild herbs with vibrant acidity and fine tannins. The minerality from the granitic soils carries through from the nose to the long, refreshing finish.

Pure Cinsault is grown in four vineyards surrounding the town of Guarilihue situated in the Itata Valley in the Southern Region. The soil here is granite, dominated by quartz silt and sand. The region experiences cooling influences lying around 19km from the Pacific Ocean on the rolling hills west of the Andes.

Pedro Parra is a renowned soil and vineyard mapping expert with a Masters and PhD in Precision Agriculture and Terroir from the Institut Agronomique National in Paris. As a consultant to many well-known wineries in the Americas and Europe, he has spent much of the past 18 years discovering new sites, digging ‘calicatas’ (pits for soil analysis) and transforming how wineries manage their vineyards. In 2013, assisted by consultant winemaker, long-term friend and business partner Alberto Antonini, Pedro released Chilean wines under his own, eponymous label. His vision is simple: to make pure wines from old bush vines in Itata, grown on granitic soils, and help the local “brave vignerons” who protected the land and vines for centuries.

https://www.pparra.com