Roberto Henriquez Fundo la Union Semillon 2022

Producer: Roberto HenriquezRegion: Bío Bío Valley, Sur, ChileVarietals: 100% SemillonViticulture: BiodynamicCategory: White WineSize: 750ml The Bío Bío Valley is one of Chile’s most historic—and extreme—wine regions, and Roberto Henriquez is in the vanguard of its quality-focused producers. At his self-named winery, he preserves the region’s winemaking traditions and native varieties with light-bodied, refined, site-specific wines from ancient vineyards.After studying agronomy and enology at the University of Concepción and working at large Chilean wineries, Roberto embarked on a globetrotting winemaking jaunt with stops in Canada, South Africa, and France’s Loire Valley, where leading natural winemaker René Mosse sparked his passion for biodynamic viticulture.At age 29, Roberto returned to Bio Bío with the mission of rescuing and showcasing some of South America’s oldest vines. These free-standing País vines on the banks of the Biobío River have endured 200–250 years in the southern r