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2024 Old Vine Pale Rosado, Garage Wine Company

2024 Old Vine Pale Rosado, Garage Wine Company

Empedrado, Maule Valley, Chile

Pale Pulse

This is rosé with old-vine depth and red-wine intent. Made from Carignan and Mataró in Chile’s Maule Valley, it opens with pomegranate, wild strawberry, cranberry and sour cherry, followed by citrus peel, dried herbs and a little stony grip. 

The palate is bright, savoury and mouthwatering, with crunchy red fruit, linear acidity and just enough texture to make it feel serious. It sits somewhere between rosé and chilled red, which is exactly the point: refreshing, food-hungry and full of old-vine character. Serve it lightly chilled and watch it disappear.

For when you want rosé with bite, texture and a little wildness.
Pairs with salmon, charcuterie, grilled prawns, spicy Thai food, tandoori chicken, pork belly, mezze, or anything involving smoke, salt or chilli.

Garage Wine Company is one of Chile’s most exciting small producers, founded by Pilar Miranda and Derek Mossman Knapp, later joined by Alvaro Peña and Ernesto Muller. Their work is focused on reviving old, often overlooked vineyards in Maule, using small lots, native yeasts and hands-on farming to make wines with real place and personality. Old Vine Pale comes from Truquilemu in Empedrado, described by the producer as one of the freshest corners of Maule’s Coastal Range, and is made from Carignan and Mataró farmed by hand and horse.

Whats in the bottle
Cariñena 99%, Monastrell 1%

£18.95 - £18.95
£18.95
£18.95 - £18.95
£18.95
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Toronto-born Derek Mossman Knapp originally went to Chile to ski, found snow, love and wine and never looked back. In 2001 he co-founded The Garage Wine Company together with his wife Pilar, and oenologist Dr. Alvaro Peña.

Focussing on the Coastal Range in the Maule, they established a ‘revival’ winemaking programme focused on rediscovering old, neglected parcels of vines, combined with small batch experiments. These ancient, dry-farmed vines, with deep, complex root systems are what makes this project so special.

For over 20 years, working with small vigneron partners who use ancestral knowledge passed down through generations, they have slowly nurtured these parcels, vine by vine using regenerative farming techniques. The wines are thoughtfully crafted with wild yeasts, in small lots with manual punch downs and a small, basket press.

The Garage Wine Company has become an important part of Chile’s dynamic artisanal wine scene, and their collection of award-winning, individual and sometimes limited wines is something truly special. “Garage is Garage, because sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of, who do the things that no one can imagine”.

The grapes were whole cluster pressed, before being naturally fermented in open top fermenters with native yeasts. Maturation took place over one winter, in neutral barrels of fourth-use or more. While this maturation has not imparted oak influence, it has imbued the wine with a structure and complexity that will allow this vintage to age gracefully.