Agrícola Macatho - Toca Tierra País
Agrícola Macatho is the winery project of Macarena del Río and Thomas Payrare, who started making wine together in 2016 near their home in Chillán in Chile’s Itata Valley. Their story embodies the entanglement of France and Chile in one chapter of the history of Chilean natural wine. Maca was born and raised in Chile by a French mother in a household where wine was always a presence; she studied Agronomy in Valparaíso and the Maule valley, then went to France to learn oenology at the prestigious University of Bordeaux. Thomas was born in France and came to Chile while working at a bank; he ended up moving in with Louis-Antoine Luyt, another Frenchman who was then just beginning his path towards making natural wine in Chile.
Toca Tierra is made from centenarian pie franco País grown in the Itata Valley on granite clay soils. The grapes are hand-harvested in early April and cooled overnight, de-stemmed and spontaneously fermented in stainless steel with 69 days on skins, then raised in the same vessels for 6 months.
Light red with a pretty mix of floral and earthy aromas, gentle notes of cherry, spices, licorice, good acidity and a nice mouthfeel.
Pair with almost everything, from pizza to charcuterie, chicken, veggies and soft, mild cheese.
Region: Itata, Chile
Grape: 100% País
Vintage: 2021
750 ml
Agrícola Macatho is the winery project of Macarena del Río and Thomas Payrare, who started making wine together in 2016 near their home in Chillán in Chile’s Itata Valley. Their story embodies the entanglement of France and Chile in one chapter of the history of Chilean natural wine. Maca was born and raised in Chile by a French mother in a household where wine was always a presence; she studied Agronomy in Valparaíso and the Maule valley, then went to France to learn oenology at the prestigious University of Bordeaux. Thomas was born in France and came to Chile while working at a bank; he ended up moving in with Louis-Antoine Luyt, another Frenchman who was then just beginning his path towards making natural wine in Chile.
Toca Tierra is made from centenarian pie franco País grown in the Itata Valley on granite clay soils. The grapes are hand-harvested in early April and cooled overnight, de-stemmed and spontaneously fermented in stainless steel with 69 days on skins, then raised in the same vessels for 6 months.
Light red with a pretty mix of floral and earthy aromas, gentle notes of cherry, spices, licorice, good acidity and a nice mouthfeel.
Pair with almost everything, from pizza to charcuterie, chicken, veggies and soft, mild cheese.
Region: Itata, Chile
Grape: 100% País
Vintage: 2021
750 ml
Agrícola Macatho is the winery project of Macarena del Río and Thomas Payrare, who started making wine together in 2016 near their home in Chillán in Chile’s Itata Valley. Their story embodies the entanglement of France and Chile in one chapter of the history of Chilean natural wine. Maca was born and raised in Chile by a French mother in a household where wine was always a presence; she studied Agronomy in Valparaíso and the Maule valley, then went to France to learn oenology at the prestigious University of Bordeaux. Thomas was born in France and came to Chile while working at a bank; he ended up moving in with Louis-Antoine Luyt, another Frenchman who was then just beginning his path towards making natural wine in Chile.
Toca Tierra is made from centenarian pie franco País grown in the Itata Valley on granite clay soils. The grapes are hand-harvested in early April and cooled overnight, de-stemmed and spontaneously fermented in stainless steel with 69 days on skins, then raised in the same vessels for 6 months.
Light red with a pretty mix of floral and earthy aromas, gentle notes of cherry, spices, licorice, good acidity and a nice mouthfeel.
Pair with almost everything, from pizza to charcuterie, chicken, veggies and soft, mild cheese.
Region: Itata, Chile
Grape: 100% País
Vintage: 2021
750 ml