Garage Wine Co. Old Vine Field Blend
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The Old-Vine Field Blend is made Solera style. Sometimes in the cellar a particular barrel simply does not fit with the others. It’s delicious but it is too hard– unready. These barrels are collected and are put back in the cellar to give them more time…just a few years more time to calm down. Eventually they are included in this solera.
- Sourced from several vineyards.
- Uncertified organic. Best drinking from 2020-2025.
Varietal Composition: Cariñena, Garnacha, Monastrell, Cinsault Pais
Elaboration: Ancestral farming by hand and horse. Naturally fermented with native yeasts. Open top fermenters. Caps were punched down by hand. Pressing manual. No temperature control with open tanks. Aged in barrels over at least three winters— barrels fourth use or more.
Tasting Notes: Bright and vibrant on the palate, with rose petal aromas resonating through red and blue fruits, a variety of baking spices and a hint of turned earth and leather.
PRESS
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Derek Mossman, his wife Pilar Miranda, and Dr. Alvaro Peña are producing 1,500 cases total per year of old-vine Carignan, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, with fruit sourced from small growers in Maule and Maipo.
Winemaking here veers towards the “natural” spectrum – all wines are fermented with native yeast, see no additions of any kind, very little new wood, and are low in sulfites. Punch downs are by hand, and pressing is done in a small traditional basket. You may notice slight variation in bottle thickness and shape if you were to open up cases, as Derek Mossman takes recycling to the next level and actually reuses old bottles, bottling in salvaged, used wine bottles in partnership with a recycling company located near the winery. Derek is also the founder of M.O.V.I. (Movimiento de Viñateros Independientes), Chile’s exciting, fast-growing association of independent vintners.