2021 Pedro Parra 'BLUEPIT' Pais

ABOUT PEDRO PARRA Y FAMILIA WINES (in his own words)

“Pedro Parra y Familia was born in my head many years ago, but it was only after 15 years as a consultant, traveling and working all around, I felt mature enough to begin. The main idea was always the same; make pure terroir wines from Granite soils. Make wines I like to drink, and be free to select and create from several granitic terroirs. But more important, the idea is to start something that I can share with my family, my wife Camila, and my kids Diego, Felipe and Colomba. The place was also simple; Home. Today, locations as Guarilihue, Cauquenes, Florida, Ranquil, Rere, San Rosendo, all them between ITATA and BIO BIO, are still not well known in the world. They make me think to places I love, like Galicia, Barolo, Morgon, places who were old in tradition, but unknown to the world few years ago. With my project, I hope to help all those brave vignerons that protected for more than 200 years their vines, against the industrial forest companies, against politicians, against the big wine industries who abuse of them paying them almost zero for their best grapes. And I dream to see those places, and my home, Concepción, becoming the wine center of the universe.” –Pedro Parra

• 100% País
• Sourced from a dry farmed 0.43HA vineyard planted around 1890 in Ñipas
• Silty clay and granite soils
• Hand harvested
• Fermented with indigenous yeast with full clusters in concrete
• Aged for 12 months in neutral 500L French oak

"The new País 2021 Bluepit was bottled later because Parra found the tannins needed a longer élevage. It comes from a special vineyard on granite soils from Ñipas. It fermented with full clusters in concrete and matured in neutral 500-liter oak barrels for two winters. It has strong notes of aromatic herbs and exotic spices, a slightly deeper color than Soulpit and a bit grittier (soul vs blues). With time in the glass, it becomes more austere and the palate has more grip; there's more austerity also. In fact, the wine was a kind of a Benjamin Button in the glass, getting younger and younger as time passed by... It has finesse like I've never seen before, transcending the variety. A new milestone in País! 1,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2023. It should develop nicely in bottle." - RP 95 pts.