Vina Gonzalez Bastias Pais Descabezado 2025 NO20231025 iron-rich bedrock of the Eola-Amity

iron-rich bedrock of the Eola-Amity Hills and the high benches of the valley

and a concentration that only decades of slow evaporation can produce

it started out as treatment for a myriad of ailments

The wine opens with cassis

dried apples

Vina Gonzalez Bastias Pais Descabezado 2025 NO20231025 iron-rich bedrock of the Eola-AmityJos Luis Bastas and his partner Daniela Lorenzo work old, ungrafted Pas vines in Chile's Maule Valley, and "Descabezado" literally "beheaded" refers to the traditional head pruned bush vine training that's kept these heritage vineyards alive for generations. Pas was Chile's workhorse grape for centuries before falling out of fashion; in the right hands and on the right soils, it makes light, juicy, soulful red. This one drinks like a Chilean cousin to