2022 Cacique Maravilla Cabernet Sauvignon Yumbel

This is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, hand harvested and destemed. Fermented in open lagar of raulí (native Chilean pink oak) with native yeasts and spontaneous fermentation. Aged for around 10 months before bottling unfined, unfiltered and as always, zero SO2. Manuel Moraga and his family live just outside of Yumbel in the Bio Bio River Valley of Chile. They are the seventh generation to look after their 80 hectare farm, 16 of which under vine. All vines are dry farmed, organically and characterized by its soils of "trumao" (volcanic sand formed by redeposited ash). Their vineyard was the 33rd registered vineyard in the history of Chile which speaks for just how old some of their vines are. In the winery all of the work is done manually meaning no destemmer, only "zaranda" (traditional bamboo screen); no presses, only free run juice; no pumps, only gravity. In addition, the wines are made naturally without using any type of oenological products, including sulphur.