A Los Viñateros Bravos

A Los Viñateros Bravos is Leonardo Erazo’s collaborative Itata project with small partner growers. Erazo came to the region in 2010 after studying agronomy and oenology in Chile and completing postgraduate work in South Africa. Around Guarilihue and Ránquil, he found old head-trained vines farmed without irrigation on decomposed granite, many tended by families with generations of local knowledge.

The vineyards are worked by hand and horse, using organic and biodynamic methods without formal certification. In the cellar, fermentation relies on native yeast in concrete or clay vessels.