Luyt Pipeno Blanco 2022

Vines range from 75 to 150 years for all of the grapes in this mix. This Blanco does not drink as an "orange wine" in spite of the lengthy skin contact (three weeks of skin maceration); rather it adds structure to balance out this floral, medium-bodied, creamy wine.He may be a native Burgundian, but Louis-Antoine Luyt has quickly become a seminal voice in the fight for independent, terroir driven winemaking in Chile. In a country where wine production is run almost entirely by enormous industrial wineries, Luyt has managed to source fruit and rent vines from independent farmers throughout the Maule Valley. Furthermore, his insistence on dry farming, horse plowing, organic viticulture and native yeast/intervention free winemaking are welcome proof that wines outside of Europe can succesfully be produced with this work philosophy.At 22, Luyt was sick of living in France. With the excuse of polishing up his Spanish, he planned a 3 month trip to South America. This quickly became a permane