2021 Moretta "Les Espias" Chenin Blanc, Curicó Valley, Chile
ABOUT THIS WINE
The 2021 Moretta “Les Espias” Chenin Blanc comes from Molina in Chile’s Curicó Valley and is 100% Chenin Blanc. The fruit is from ~34-year-old, massal-selection, ungrafted vines grown on deep, alluvial soils with plenty of rounded stones; the site is traditionally furrow-irrigated. Winemaking is low-intervention: the grapes were carefully sorted and pressed; the juice fermented with native yeasts and then rested on its lees (with periodic stirring). Aging was in a mix of small tanks/eggs; the vintage tech sheet reports ~8 months on lees before bottling in November 2021 (you’ll also see some listings round the alcohol to ~12%).
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Moretta Wines is a small project led by winemakers and longtime friends María José Ortúzar and Natalia Poblete. Their focus is on limited-production, characterful wines that speak to their places in the Maule/Curicó area; both partners trained in Chile and abroad before launching Moretta.
2021 Moretta "Les Espias" Chenin Blanc, Curicó Valley, Chile
ABOUT THIS WINE
The 2021 Moretta “Les Espias” Chenin Blanc comes from Molina in Chile’s Curicó Valley and is 100% Chenin Blanc. The fruit is from ~34-year-old, massal-selection, ungrafted vines grown on deep, alluvial soils with plenty of rounded stones; the site is traditionally furrow-irrigated. Winemaking is low-intervention: the grapes were carefully sorted and pressed; the juice fermented with native yeasts and then rested on its lees (with periodic stirring). Aging was in a mix of small tanks/eggs; the vintage tech sheet reports ~8 months on lees before bottling in November 2021 (you’ll also see some listings round the alcohol to ~12%).
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Moretta Wines is a small project led by winemakers and longtime friends María José Ortúzar and Natalia Poblete. Their focus is on limited-production, characterful wines that speak to their places in the Maule/Curicó area; both partners trained in Chile and abroad before launching Moretta.
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ABOUT THIS WINE
The 2021 Moretta “Les Espias” Chenin Blanc comes from Molina in Chile’s Curicó Valley and is 100% Chenin Blanc. The fruit is from ~34-year-old, massal-selection, ungrafted vines grown on deep, alluvial soils with plenty of rounded stones; the site is traditionally furrow-irrigated. Winemaking is low-intervention: the grapes were carefully sorted and pressed; the juice fermented with native yeasts and then rested on its lees (with periodic stirring). Aging was in a mix of small tanks/eggs; the vintage tech sheet reports ~8 months on lees before bottling in November 2021 (you’ll also see some listings round the alcohol to ~12%).
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Moretta Wines is a small project led by winemakers and longtime friends María José Ortúzar and Natalia Poblete. Their focus is on limited-production, characterful wines that speak to their places in the Maule/Curicó area; both partners trained in Chile and abroad before launching Moretta.
