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Itata is a small, remote wine region in the Bio Bio area of southern Chile. The area is an outstanding mysterious place, full of history, terroir, and passion. Itata and Bio Bio were for many years an area of isolated granitic mountains, near the ocean, 500 km south of Santiago. A difficult place to visit for centuries, with no roads, steep slopes, rain, and forest. Therefore, isolation was responsible for a strong local commitment to viticulture and wine, absolutely lost in time, and totally disconnected from the wine modernity that happened in Chile in the last 40 years. This isolation is the key factor for this terroir. No Bordeaux varieties invaded, and no high-yield production with irrigation; all of this kept the area pure and unique. Within the granitic areas, Pedro prefers to focus on the sandy quartz granite soils, as they force roots deeper than clay soils and therefore express the terroir better. Weather is coastal, cool, and cloudy with enough rain to make dry farming possible. The two varieties most widely planted in Itata are Cinsault (45 to 70-year-old vines) and País (60 to 120-year-old vines). This wine is 100% Pais from a small town, Ñipas, Itata. Parra’s first Cru from 140-year-old vines from silty black decomposed Basalt, which is similar to the soils found on Etna. Only natural yeast used, 1 year in oak cask, 105 cases only made in the 2020 vintage.