Roberto Henriquez, País Verde - 2024

Roberto Henríquez is an important voice in this exciting movement in Chilean wine farming. A native of Concepción, he worked with winemakers in Canada and South Africa, but it was in the Loire Valley with Rene Mosse where the bug bit hard, as he gained new perspective on progressive organic and biodynamic farming. The minimalistic “Pipeño” methods of the original winemakers of Chile felt intuitive to the winemaking style he had adopted, and the rest of his story is pure progression in the pursuit of wines in a true Chilean context. “Pais Verde” comes from a unique, sandy parcel nearly at the shores of the Bio Bio river. The wine is light in color, ethereal and beautifully high toned. A faint, “campari-like” herbaceous bitterness keeps it savory and dangerously refreshing. Serve with a light chill.