Maturana Wines’ refreshing ‘Negra’ is made from the rare red San Francisco grape. Held to be the Negramoll variety of the Canary Islands and the Tinta Negra Mole of Madeira, it was brought to Chile in the 1500s by the Spanish conquistadors. ¬The wine comes from a very old vineyard in the Loncomilla Valley, deep in the Maule. ¬The grapes were fermented in the ‘ancestral method’, in open barrels with wild yeasts.
"This wine boasts an intense nose of cherries, with appealing spice undertones. The palate is fresh, with plenty of red fruit flavours and soft tannins. A fresh, fruity wine with real personality; easy-drinking and fun."
Jose Ignacio Maturana and his family started the production of unique wines that they hoped would display a sense of place and that represent a way of life. Together they created Maturana Wines, a project based on vines of more than 70 years old, which are worked completely by hand and following organic principles.
The quality and availability of Chilean wines have flourished in the last twenty years. While wine consumers worldwide enjoy the easy-drinking charm of Chile’s inexpensive fruity wines, Chile’s wine producers have higher aspirations too, to make stylish, complex wines expressive of their unique origins, wines with a tangible ‘sense of place’, a notion the Europeans call terroir.
