Viña Maitia's Aupa Pipeño Tinto 2023 blends 80% Pais and 20% Carignan from Chile's Maule region, crafted in the traditional Pipeño style. This light-bodied, fruit-forward wine from 125-year-old dry-farmed vines offers vibrant raspberry and strawberry notes with herbal undertones and can be enjoyed with a slight chill.
Technical Information
- Appellation: Loncomilla, Maule, Chile
- Vintage: 2023
- Varietal Blend: 80% Pais, 20% Carignan
- Alcohol: 13%
- Vineyard: Multiple vineyards, 25 acres
- Vineyard Planted: 1895
- Altitude: 390 ft
- Soil Type: Granitic
- Farming Practices: Sustainable, Dry Farmed
- Trellis System: Gobellet Cabeza
- Yield: 3.2 tons/acre
- Winemaker: David Marcel
- Case Production: 2000 (12-pack)
- Harvest Method: Hand harvested
- Stem Inclusion: None
- Yeast: Native
- Maceration/Fermentation: Short 5-day fermentation
- Élevage: 5 months in cement vat
- Lees Contact: None
- Filtration Method: Crossflow filter
- UPC Code: 7804657730005
Tasting Notes The wine is light in color with bright notes of crushed raspberry, wild strawberry, and rose petals that lead into underlying hints of dried herbs, mint leaves, fennel and thyme. This fruit-driven, easy-drinking wine with a bit of animale character has fresh acidity with low tannin.
Serving Suggestion Can be enjoyed with a slight chill.
Winemaking Style This wine is made in an old traditional Chilean style called Pipeño, a historic method of winemaking in Chile that typically involves minimal intervention and often uses the País grape (also known as Mission). The approach emphasizes terroir expression and freshness.
Vineyard Notes Sourced from multiple vineyards in Chile's Maule region, specifically in Loncomilla, these century-old vines (planted in 1895) are remarkably well-preserved. The dry-farming technique and granitic soils contribute to the wine's distinctive minerality and pure fruit expression.
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