Fruit from the mountain

Long before Chile’s modern system of Denominations of Origin created the Maipo D.O. as one of many horizontal valley divisions, Cabernet was adapting to the diversity of climate and soils of Chilean viticulture. Rarely however did it find the affinity that it encountered in the Maipo. It was here on these ancient Maipo river terraces that the first generation of elegant big shouldered Cabernet with firm but friendly tannins made the world take notice of Chile.

Over the past fifteen years Chilean terroir hunters have sought vineyard sites travelling 1ooo+ kms north and south as well as pushing closer to the coast with plantings of whites, Pinot & Syrah. What most do not realise is that the Pino family and their partner William Fevre, pioneers in terroir hunting have quietly stayed their course having planted in the mountains at almost 1ooo metres in San Juan almost twenty years ago. Initially, everyone thought the two old men were nuts, but more lately the wines made with mountain fruit on those same Maipo riverbanks [but higher and fresher] have been conquering souls and critics the world over.

Mountain Fruit

• natural freshness
• less alcohol
• firm tannins
• distinct flavour profiles

And How are WFC wines made?

Our wines are mades naturally, 
as if guiding the fruit through 
to wine respecting the conditions of each parcel, each vintage, 
  and each particular lot. In short, the wines are defined on the vine by the vintage year.

Here is a list and link to the technical sheet of our wines:

Antis

• Antis | 2007Antis | 2007Antis | 2007

  ANTIS 2007 - (34% Carmenère - 33% Cabernet Sauvignon – 33% Cabernet Franc ) The grapes for this special bottling come from a winding pattern of particular cuartels on our farm in San Luis where once an ancient river bed flowed. The blend of Cab...

Chacai

• Chacai | 2008Chacai | 2008Chacai | 2008

  CHACAI 2008 (85% Cabernet Sauvignon – 15% Cabernet Franc) Chacai is a blend of mountain grown Cabernet y Cabernet Franc hailing from our San Juan de Pirque vineyard at almost 1,ooo metres above sea level. The vineyard is privileged to combine the ro...

Gran Cuvée

• Gran Cuvée | Pinot Noir 2009

  Pinot Noir 100% This Pinot is grown on our farm in San Juan de Pirque, a small hamlet high above the Maipo Valley in the Andes at almost 1ooo meters above sea level. It grows next to the hillsides where many slides and erosion over the millenia have ...

• Gran Cuvée | Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

  85% Cabernet Sauvignon – 15% Cabernet Franc Gran Cuvée Cabernet is a single vineyard wine hailing from the Las Majadas vineyard next the foothills of the Andes. The vineyard yield is about 2 kilos per plant or 7,5oo kg/ha. The fresh (read low) n...

• Gran Cuvée | Chardonnay 2009

  WFC Chardonnay Gran Cuvée is a single vineyard wine hailing from very high in the Maipo Valley in the foothills of the Andes. The vineyard is located at almost 1000 meters above sea level. The clone was imported direct from William Fevre Burgundy when...

• Gran Cuvée | Carmenere 2008

  85% Carmenère – 15% Cabernet Franc Chile is the only country in the world that grows vines ungrafted and also one of the few that grows Carmenère. This vine stock originated from Bordeaux, Carmenere being one of the six varietals that made up Clar...

La Misión Reserva

• La Misión Reserva | Cabernet Sauvignon 2009La Misión Reserva | Cabernet Sauvignon 2009La Misión Reserva | Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

  86% Cabernet Sauvignon / 14% Cabernet Franc Our Red La Misión Reserve vines grow in San Luis de Pirque in light and permeable soils with great drainage owing to the presence of ancient tributaries of the Rio Clarillo. With managed yields of 2.25 kilo...

• La Misión Reserva | Merlot 2009La Misión Reserva | Merlot 2009La Misión Reserva | Merlot 2009

  85% Merlot / 15% Cabernet Franc Our Red La Misión Reserve vines grow in San Luis de Pirque in light and permeable soils with great drainage owing to the presence of ancient tributaries of the Rio Clarillo. The Merlot vines grow in the sandier soils...

• La Misión Reserva | Carmenere 2008

  88% Carmenère / 12% Cabernet Franc Our Red La Misión Reserve vines grow in San Luis de Pirque in light and permeable soils with great drainage owing to the presence of ancient tributaries of the Rio Clarillo. With managed yields of 2.25 kilos pe...

• La Misión Reserva | Chardonnay 2009

  100% Chardonnay This Chardonnay, unlike the La Mision Reserva reds, is grown on our farm in San Juan de Pirque, a small hamlet above the Maipo Valley in the Muy Alto Maipo at almost 1ooo meters above sea level. The Chardonnay grows next the hillsides ...

• La Misión Reserva | Pinot Noir 2009

  100%  Pinot Noir This Pinot, unlike the other La Mision Reserve reds, is grown on our farm in San Juan de Pirque, a small hamlet above the Maipo Valley in the very-high Alto Maipo Valley at almost 1ooo meters above sea level. The Pinot grows further...