Roberto Henriquez Valle del Bio-Bio Pais Santa Cruz De Coya 2021 CS20230516 An overachiever on all counts

An overachiever on all counts

Avize Grand Cru

With a persistent taste

a marvel of intensity without weight

medium bodied Cornas that has more silky red fruit than inky purple but still a nice hint of smoked meat in the background

Roberto Henriquez Valle del Bio-Bio Pais Santa Cruz De Coya 2021 CS20230516 An overachiever on all countsThese vines were planted around the time Chile was fighting for its independence roughly 200 years old, scattered across four small granite parcels up in the Nahuelbuta mountains, growing in among pine and eucalyptus trees. Roberto Henriquez farms them organically and calls this his most mineral Pas, which makes sense: granite tends to give sharper, more tightly drawn wine than the softer alluvial sites down near the river. It is a light red, because