2023 Pedro Parra "Vinista" Pais Itata

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Pedro Parra is one of the most influential voices of the “New Chile” wine movement. He started his career studying forestry, then went on to earn a Master’s and a PhD in Precision Agriculture and Terroir from the Institut National Agronomique Paris Grignon. He then spent over two decades working as a consultant for wineries across the world, including such famous names as Comando G, Jean-Marc Roulot, Liger Belair and Zuccardi. In 2013, Parra founded his own estate Pedro Parra y Familia in the remote Itata Valley of southern Chile, with the goal of producing wines that reflect their terroir, favoring old bush vines grown on granitic soils, dry-farmed and cared for organically. His winemaking philosophy emphasizes minimal intervention: native yeasts, gentle vinification, and aging in neutral or lightly used vessels to let soil, climate, and vineyard history speak through the wine.