La Despensa Pool Blend

​Bottle notes​

The Cinsault, Marsanne and Roussanne for this wine come from our own, organically farmed vineyard, and the Pais is from 150 years-old vines about 20 minutes away from us. We farm and manage this vineyard; we help the owner produces high-quality grapes that he can sell for a premium.

All the work is done by Matt and our part-time worker Juan. Every now and again we'll get a couple more people in to help with specific tasks on the weekend, and for harvest we always have a crew of people from both Chile and overseas. This is small-scale, old-school, hands-on viticulture and winemaking. We're not a huge, faceless operation: We grow the grapes, we make the wine, and we label the bottles by hand.

The idea behind this wine was to produce a fruity, easy-drinking wine, but at the same time a wine with depth and character.

Ethics & Sustainability

All electricity used in the vineyard & winery is 100% solar generated by our 10kw solar plant.

We don't use any herbicides in the vineyard (screw you, Monsanto!) and only use organic pest control in the vineyard.

They pay fair wages significantly above the minimum and above industry average.

They plant native trees wherever we can on the property (400+ and counting!).

They make wine to raise money for the local volunteer fire department.

They are genuinely trying to be as sustainable, ethical, and ecological as possible. Everyone has a footprint, but they try to reduce ours in any way we can.

Details

Country: Chile

Region: Colchagua Valley

Grapes: Cinsault 80%, Pais 10%, Marsanne 5%, Roussanne 5%