Roberto Henriquez Valle Del Itata Old Vines Rivera del Notro Blanco 2023 agrapart Rose petals

Rose petals

fermented with native yeasts and raised in large foudres

allowing a natural

This rye is perfect balance of buttery raw grains

Cold extraction of botanicals creates a rosy-bright spirit with delicate floral notes and a faint grapefruit-like bitterness—similar to Aperol but more complex and elegant

Roberto Henriquez Valle Del Itata Old Vines Rivera del Notro Blanco 2023 agrapart Rose petalsItata is where Chilean wine actually began, and until pretty recently almost nobody outside Chile knew it. Roberto Henriquez works with white vines here that are around a hundred years old Corinto, which turns out to be Chasselas, alongside Moscatel and Smillon farmed organically and biodynamically. The grapes are destemmed, fermented spontaneously with native yeast in concrete, then aged eleven months in concrete and old barrels. Nothing added,