Frenchman David Marcel is the producer and winemaker of Aupa with his Chilean wife Loreto. Marcel comes from the French Basque Country and has been involved with wine in Chile for a long time. He was one of the first winemakers in Chile to succeed in the production of quality, craft Pipeño starting with the 2013 vintage. The combination of the traditional production method and the traditional grape varieties lead to a very unique, herbal, and quaffable wine that is an incredible value. Aupa!
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The Wine -80 Pais, 20 Carignan -Vineyards planted in 1895 -Native yeast fermentation -Ancestral Pipeno winemaking process relies on a short fermentation and aging process Pipeo is the traditional method
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Wine Advocate 90 "abels and wines seem to come and go easily at Maitia, and this time I tried the new 2019 Roto that is mostly
Wine Advocate 92 "The juicy, purple-colored 2019 Aupa Pipeno is a blend of traditional grapes from the Secano Interior appellation80 Pas (a.k.a. Mission, Listn Prieto, Criolla
Wine Advocate 91-93 "“The aromatic 2018 Aupa Pipeño is a blend of 90% País and 10% Carignan, a light, balsamic and herbal red, very easy to
Tasting Notes The wine is light in color with bright notes of raspberry, cherry, and rose petals that leads into underlying hints of dried herbs, fennel
Wine Advocate 92 "The super-tasty and gulpable 2016 Aupa Pipeño is a blend of País with some 30% Carignan (and whatever is found in the old
Wine Advocate 91 "The 2015 Aúpa Pipeño was already bottled and ready. It's a vintage more in line with the 2013, fresh and easy to drink,
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