Macatho Secano Interior Maria Rosé
Regular price $28.00
Winemaker: Macarena del Río and Thomas Parayre
Appellation: Valle del Itata, Chile
Grape Variety: País
María Rosé is from the Chimiltito vineyard of ancient (~200-year-old) own-rooted País vines. The vineyard is about 45 km from the Pacific, and 110 meters above sea level. Soils here are sedimentary with multiple layers and a loamy texture. The grapes are harvested by hand and destemmed. They macerate on their skins for five days in stainless steel tanks, then ferment with indigenous yeasts in the same vessels.
A series of chance encounters is what let Macarena del Río and Thomas Parayre to find each other and to start their joint project, Macatho in 2016. Born in Chile to a French mother, Maca enrolled at the prestigious University of Bordeaux to study winemaking. While a student, she stumbled across a natural winebar in Southwest France that inspired her and changed her way of thinking about wine. After completing her studies, she worked harvest with several natural winemakers across France, including the famed Yvon Métras in Beaujolais. Born in France, Thomas arrived in Chile seeking adventure. He worked odd jobs all of the country before starting his own graphic design firm. Along the way, he moved in with a new roommate by the name of Louis-Antoine Luyt, who was then working in restaurants and beginning to learn about wine; his course was forever changed. Maca and Thomas, who met during a harvest with Luyt, are some of the the most talked-about newcomers to the wine scene in Chile. Based in Chillán, they currently work and farm old-vine parcels of land organically in Maule, BíoBío and Itata. In the cellar, the wine is made with minimal intervention and lots of love!