White Wine
Carignan, País
Sustainable
Dry
Residual Sugar: 2.00 g/l
Light Bodied
750ml
12.50% alc./vol

Garage Wine Co. País/Cariñena Single Ferment Series 2022

Chile

93 Points - Guía Descorchados

$28.95per bottle ($347.40per case)
12 bottles per case

Fresh & Floral

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Garage Wine Co was literally started in a garage in 2001, by Etobicoke expat Derek Mossman and his wife Pilar Miranda. Since then, the dynamic duo have chosen to revive old vineyards in marginalized Chilean communities. They work mostly in the regions of Maule and Itata where they make highly coveted wines.

Phoenix is sourced from a network of families who are integral to the Garage team. Harvesting has evolved into a collaborative effort, with small quantities of grapes picked across different sites in a convoy-like fashion. This approach ensures that more families benefit from fair compensation for their grapes while fostering a sense of camaraderie during production. It also plays a crucial role in encouraging the younger generation to remain connected to the land and continue the tradition of farming.

An engaging white wine made mostly from red varietals País and a splash of Carignan. Bright aromas of white peach and rose hips settle between tangy citrus notes of tangerine and tart cranberries on the nose. The palate is vibrant and pleasantly floral, accentuated by an understated streak of salinity and bitter almond. Focused acidity lends incredible freshness and lift, highlighting the wine's complexity on the elegant finish.

Enjoy this wine on its own or with fresh salads and white meats.

About the Winery

Garage Wine Co.

Garage Wine was literally started in a garage in 2001, by Etobicoke expat Derek Mossman and his wife Pilar Miranda. Since then, the dynamic duo handcraft wines from a series of individual vineyards located in the Maule and Itata Valleys, in the south of Santiago, Chile.

Garage Wine Co makes wines from a series of individual parcels, small lots / bottlings of 8-22 barrels that include a series of dry-farmed field-blends of Carignan, Garnacha, Monastrell, País, Cinsault and Cab Franc grown on pre-phylloxera rootstock with small farmers in the Maule and Itata. Each wine is from a 1-2 hectare parcel in a different place.

Over the years working in the community they have raised a veritable posse of vineyard hands whose skills are working the vineyards the old way / the traditional way– originario. The vineyards are on the old coastal range of mountains closer to the Pacific and have granitic soils with cracks for roots to get deep down into.

When GWCo. speaks of the provenance of these wines they mean more than just the geological terroir. Derek and Pilar think the farming practices that have evolved over generations have as much to do with the wines’ personalities as the soils. All the wines are made by hand with native yeasts in small tanks, punched down manually and pressed out in a small basket press. GWCo is still very much a DIY operation and we still tow much of the crop back to the winery in trailers behind trusty pickup trucks 2,000 kilos at a time.

Press Reviews

Guía Descorchados

93 Points - Patricio Tapia

A blend of reds, but made like white, from direct-pressed clusters, with color removed with charcoal and fermented with controlled temperatures in what must be Garage's maximum technological expression - the winery tends to be very artisanal in its approach to winemaking. This has a rather austere nose and gives way to a juicy palate with very good intensity, firm acidity, and sharp tannins. This white comes from three parcels in the Maule Valley: one in Sauzal, and the other two in Empedrado and Truquilemu, on the coastal side of the valley.