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A Sit Down with Chile's Los Maquis

The winery chooses to pick early, rather than late
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 10:12am ET

Ricardo Rivadeneira’s Los Maquis winery is located in the heart of the Colchagua Valley, where wineries like Viña Montes, Casa Lapostolle, MontGras and Viñedos Emiliana are producing ripe, black fruit-filled reds from Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère and Syrah. But Los Maquis only shares a proximity to those wineries, rather than a winemaking philosophy or style. Los Maquis' philosophy is one of picking earlier, rather than later.

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