Roberto Henriquez Valle Del Itata Old Vines Rivera del Notro Blanco 2023 Grower Champagne Pedro saw what others overlooked:

Pedro saw what others overlooked: granitic terroirs that reminded him of Barolo

barrels and barriques with about 30% new wood

and Nebbiolo

and unmistakably itself

2012 was a short vintage so this wine will not last long

Roberto Henriquez Valle Del Itata Old Vines Rivera del Notro Blanco 2023 Grower Champagne Pedro saw what others overlooked:Itata 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,