Gustavo Martinez Koüpin Carignan
$25.00
2 in stock
Vintage: 2021
Region: Itata Valley, Chile
Viticulture: Sustainable and Dry-farmed
Grape varieties: 100% Carignan
Gustavo Martinez Koüpin Carignan is a juicy glou glou old-vine red from the Itata Valley in Chile. Half of the hand-harvested grapes go through carbonic maceration and the other half is made into a light, pipeño-style before being blended back together. The wine rests for about 7 months in neutral oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, with a small addition of sulfur. Lush red plum and berries, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, and campfire aromas and flavors.
Song: Stay a Little Longer by Wolfmother
Additional information
| NATTINESS | Natty |
|---|---|
| FRUIT | Red Berries, Red Plum |
| BODY | Medium-bodied |
| ACIDITY | Fresh (Medium) |
| OAK | Neutral Oak |
| TANNIN | Medium |
| ALCOHOL | 12-13% |
| SWEETNESS | Fruity & Dry |
| SERVING TEMP | Room Temperature (63°–67°) |
| SULFUR | Very Low Sulfur (less than 20g/L) |
| VEGAN | Vegan |
| IMPORTER | Selections de la Viña |
2 in stock
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
About Gustavo Martinez Koüpin Carignan
Gustavo Martinez Koüpin Carignan is a juicy glou glou old-vine red from the Itata Valley in Chile. Half of the hand-harvested grapes go through carbonic maceration and the other half is made into a light, pipeño-style before being blended back together. The wine rests for about 7 months in neutral oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, with a small addition of sulfur. Lush red plum and berries, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, and campfire aromas and flavors.
About Gustavo Martinez
Gustavo worked for Luis Antoine Luyt in 2013 and 2014 where he coincided with another well-known natural winemaker, Roberto Henriquez. But before working alongside two of Chile’s current-day heavy hitters, he started building his network of growers in 2008 working as a technical advisor for a government-funded program helping winegrowers across the Itata Valley. That network really came in handy in 2015 when he started making his own wine full-time.
He set up shop in Florida which geographically belongs to the Bio Bío region but from a winemaking standpoint is considered Itata due to the granite composition of the soil. All the cuvées are single varieties from single vineyards farmed by those growers he’s been working alongside all these years, pushing them to dry farm and eliminating chemicals. In the cellar he wanted to bring things back to how they were done before mass industrialization, what they refer to locally as the Pipeño style, destemming grapes using a zaranda and fermenting wines spontaneously.