Roberto Henriquez Rivera del Notro Pais 2023 - (750ML) Montecucco

Roberto Henriquez Rivera del Notro Pais 2023 - (750ML) MontecuccoConcepcin native Roberto Henriquez is one of the leaders in the small, but growing, insurgency of southern Chilean winemakers making bright, very low alcohol, minimal intervention wines from indigenous grape varieties in areas such as Itata, Maule, what is occasionally referred to as the Secano Interior and Bio Bio. This particular bottling contains fruit from 200 year old (you read correctly, 200!) Pais vines. *Natural Wine*

giving way to citrus-inflected blackberries

It's a suave wine with plenty of roundness

It should merit that higher barrel score at maturity

Fresh nectarine and melon aromas are brightened by suggestions of honeysuckle and lemon pith

The 2018 Cream Label Cabernet Franc aims for a pure expression ofCabernet Franc in the Finger Lakes by using only stainless steel rather than oak

There is nascent energy and tension spilling out from the glass

The Organic Merlot is food-friendly and fruity with gentle tannins and a smooth finish— all from organically-grown grapes with no added sulfites or other synthetic preservatives

The Merlot is one of the first grapes to come in off the property

black fruit flavors

and soon broadens into a silky expanse of vanilla bean

Deep and brilliant

Pair this wine alongside stewed pheasant