Chodin Param 'Parra Libre' Cinsault 2022

Chodin Param 'Parra Libre' Cinsault 2022Its a small natural wine community in Chile, and Paula Chodin Param and her husband Arnaldo Batista worked with Roberto Henrquez before beginning their own project. They make wine in a small cellar belonging to a friend, and follow the same, minimal intervention approach. All fermentations are with native yeasts, they use almost no temperature control, and sulfur is used sparingly and only at the end of malolactic fermentations. Parra Libre Pas comes

[Kirk Sutherland April 2022]

I can’t think of any better pairing than the lively

Mimi persevered

and they represent what the first settlers were planting to drink

they decided to have a hand at crushing grapes to make wine

luscious black cherry and mocha notes that really delivers

There's a bit of tart and tropical fruit on the palate that is kept in check by the intense minerality and structural components that come 20 months of lees aging and old vines averaging 40 years of age

carbonic maceration

This wine is intense but has so much energy

savory depth

Marek is trying

August 2021]