Chodin Param 'Parra Libre' Pais 2020

Chodin Param 'Parra Libre' Pais 2020Its a small natural wine community in Chile, and Paula Chodin Param and her husband Arnaldo Batista worked with Roberto Henrquez before beginning their own project. They make wine in a small cellar belonging to a friend, and follow the same, minimal intervention approach. All fermentations are with native yeasts, they use almost no temperature control, and sulfur is used sparingly and only at the end of malolactic fermentations. Parra Libre Pas comes

Dolores Cabrera Fernández has been making wine in the Valle de la Orotava

Co-fermented Gamay (Owen’s Vineyard)

Flat Brim Wines in Portland has been great at providing us with some of the most refreshing

helping to pave a path away from bulk fortified wine production and into dry wines made with local grapes and organic farming

Fermented in steel and aged 18 months in neutral French oak

smoky juniper mixed in

apricot and green apple

a passion’ to start over

In this part of the Veneto region

We process the rye in its raw (unmalted) state allowing the rich cereal sweetness of this flavorful grain to shine through

lemon and fennel running the lead on the palate

and it's probably the most universally-loved of the Couvreur lineup