Agricola Grillos Cantores "Mi Nena" Corinto Velo Flor, Itata Valley, Chile 2021

FROM BOWLER WINE:

THE WINE: 100% Corinto (Chasselas) grown on 150-year-old vines at 650ft. Long fermentation in tank and aged 18 months over the lees, 2/3 not topped off with natural Flor.

THE PRODUCER: Agricola Grillos Cantores is a small side project started in 2019 by Paco Leyton of Clos des Fous. The vision began in Itata when Paco met the seventy-something-year-old José Neira and visited the vineyard his grandfather planted in the late 1800’s. Paco fell in love with the head trained, bush vines comprised of Corinto (aka Chasselas), Pais, Cinsault, and Aramon located in the La Leonora subregion of Guarilihue, Itata.

The 1.5 hectare vineyard sits on a slope of white silt, sand and granitic soil, littered with mica and a high concentration of quartz. The vines are non-irrigated, plowed by hand, and naturally farmed. The steep terrain enables the vines to grow deep roots and produce complex, balanced wines that are vertical and mineral driven.