Louis-Antoine Luyt, País Rosé, Pétillant Naturel - 2020

Name: Louis-Antoine Luyt, País Rosé, Pétillant Naturel
Brand: Louis-Antoine Luyt
SKU: 44275
Price: 24.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 44275 750mL

The red País grape defined Chilean winemaking for centuries after the Spanish transported the grape into the country during those devilish conquistador days. Today, you hardly see it but there has been a movement to revive what we could now deem native grape of the country. This is a Pét-Nat that is unsulphured, sparkling and full of character. The grapes are pressed directly and then fermented in steel tanks.

This item is currently out of stock.

Send me an email when this is back in stock.

Notify Me

Free shipping on first web orders over $299

Color

Rosé

Vintage

2020

Country

Chile

Region

Maule

Producer

Louis-Antoine Luyt

Grape Variety

Pais

Production Methods

Organic

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

Need Help Deciding? Get personal recommendations from our staff

Staff Pick Notes

If there's a Louis Dressner Selections label on the back of a wine, it's got my attention. With a star studded portfolio, one of the few Chilean productions they import to the US comes by way of Louis-Antoine Luyt. Despite being a Burgundian, he grew sick of France and skipped his way over to Chile under the guise of picking up Spanish. Working his way up from dishwasher to vigneron after studying oenology in Beaune, Luyt remained in the Maule Valley after being enamored with Chile's wines, fightin for more terroir driven production. A rose sparkler made of Pais, the grape that Luyt chooses to highlight, using 80-year-old vines (Phylloxera never hit Chile so all original rootstocks here), this Pet Nat is full of notes of strawberry sour straws, dried roses, apricot, and crushed berries with its residual sugar giving the wine lift.

- JOS

Glossary

Chile

Chilean winemakers are known for opening their arms to forgotten European grape varieties, nursing them back to health, and then releasing them back to the rest of the world - and we can’t thank them enough for it. Chile’s friendly, delicious Carmenères are the best example, but Chile is generally one of the most consistent sources of delicious, ready-to-drink, approachable wines. Cabernet Sauvignons from Chile are just as crowd-pleasing as the Carmenères, and keep an eye out for velvety,...