2021 | Pedro Parra | Soulpit

Volcanic and intense, it's a subtle, perfumed, whole bunch- fermented red with floral top notes, raspberry and pomegranate fruit and stemmy freshness.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: There is a new País from a vineyard planted in 1895 that he rents in Ñipas on black basalt soil, first produced in 2020 but I tasted the 2021 Soulpit. It fermented in concrete with 60% stems for 18 days and with a 30-day maceration. It matured in oak vat for 11 months. País does not deliver high alcohol, and this is only 12.5%. It has a mixture of flowers, cherries in liqueur, aromatic herbs and brick dust, a mixture of the Comando G and Rayas styles and characters. It has more generous tannins, not as tight as the ones from granite. Apparently, there's an even better País that I should taste one of these days soon.

• James Suckling: Bright , ethereal and characterful, full of wild raspberries, anise, white pepper funk, tiger balm and licorice. Tight and slightly chewy tannins give it a somewhat austere feel, if not a little rustic, too. That said, there is a lot to like on the palate, showing the attractive agility and super tanginess and assertiveness of a good pais. Very old vines from silty basaltic soils.

Producer Information

Pedro Parra Family Wines (known as Pedro Parra or Pedro Parra y Familia) is a wine producer based in the Itata subregion of the Bío Bío Valley, Chile. Pedro Parra produces a range of wines under both the Itata and Bio Bio designations, predominantly from old vine Cinsault and Pais (Mission). Parra established his eponymous company after 15 years as a winemaker and winemaking consultant working in France, Argentina, USA, Italy, Canada and Armenia. Parra has a PhD in Terroir from the Paris Center of Agriculture. Parra eventually returned to Chile and settled in 2013 to begin wine production in his home region of Bío Bío under his own name. He produces a range of labels, predominantly from the Itata Valley subregion. The wines are predominantly blends or single-varietal examples of the local mainstays Cinsault and Pais although Muscat and Semillon can also, occaisonally, figure in the blends. Parra is also involved in the Aristos joint venture in the Cachapoal Valley with fellow Chilean winemaker Francois Massoc and Burgundy producer Louis-Michel Liger-Belair of the eponymous domaine in Vosne-Romanée.

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